From 8aa012056e49d2f9979b1571f8c2f59a1b967190 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mehdi <10160868+mbiuki@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:26:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update portal.properties

comment on the pw regex needs an update
---
 dotCMS/src/main/resources/portal.properties | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dotCMS/src/main/resources/portal.properties b/dotCMS/src/main/resources/portal.properties
index 685dbf9a7c87..7cfbe9e3fc92 100644
--- a/dotCMS/src/main/resources/portal.properties
+++ b/dotCMS/src/main/resources/portal.properties
@@ -305,7 +305,14 @@
     # Note that \ is replaced with \\ to work in Java.
     #
 
-    # This pattern ensures that passwords must have at least 6 characters and no white spaces.
+    # This pattern below ensures that passwords must have at least 8 characters and no white spaces.
+    #	Only the specified characters are allowed:
+    #   	1. Uppercase letters: A-Z
+    #		2. Lowercase letters: a-z
+    #		3. Digits: 0-9
+    #           4. Special characters: ! # % + : = ? @
+    # 		5. No white spaces or other characters not included in the specified set.
+    # The entire password must consist exclusively of the allowed characters from the start (^) to the end ($) of the string.
     passwords.regexptoolkit.pattern=/^[!#%+1234567890:=?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz]{8,}$/
 
     # This pattern ensures that passwords must have between 6 and 20 valid

From 259565ec9d203c91ca4535b7546b72ecdac0a0f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mehdi <10160868+mbiuki@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:31:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update portal.properties

edit file