# Wachtwoordinstellingen: "het wijzigen hiervan kan verstrekkende of onbedoelde gevolgen hebben voor uw site"

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-settings-changing-this-may-have-far-reaching-or-unintended-consequences-for-your-site/378412
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [13 augustus 2025 om 10:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-settings-changing-this-may-have-far-reaching-or-unintended-consequences-for-your-site/378412 "2025-08-13T10:09:16Z")
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### Author: ![BernardPaulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@BernardPaulus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BernardPaulus)
#### Post date: [13 augustus 2025 om 10:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-settings-changing-this-may-have-far-reaching-or-unintended-consequences-for-your-site/378412/1 "2025-08-13T10:09:16Z")

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Dear Discourse Community,

On our self-hosted instance of Discourse, we’d like to increase the minimal count of unique characters, but we are faced with this scary warning:

 ![warning window: changing this may have far-reaching or unintended consequences for your site](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/8/3/483499e7196c581959af898b22108cd854005134.png)

Does this warning imply anything else than:

1. users with non-complying passwords will need to update them on next login
2. only the users with non-complying passwords will need to update them

?

I obviously searched before posting and read the OG blog post on [Password Rules Are Bullshit](https://blog.codinghorror.com/password-rules-are-bullshit/) 😘

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