FIX: Add check for minimum password length

src/caosdb/common/administration.py

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ def set_server_property(key, value):
         con._form_data_request(method="POST", path="_server_properties",
                                params={key: value}).read()
     except EntityDoesNotExistError:
-        raise ServerConfigurationException("Debug mode in server is probably disabled.") from None
+        raise ServerConfigurationException(
+            "Debug mode in server is probably disabled.") from None
 
 
 def get_server_properties():
@@ -74,9 +75,11 @@ def get_server_properties():
     """
     con = get_connection()
     try:
-        body = con._http_request(method="GET", path="_server_properties").response
+        body = con._http_request(
+            method="GET", path="_server_properties").response
     except EntityDoesNotExistError:
-        raise ServerConfigurationException("Debug mode in server is probably disabled.") from None
+        raise ServerConfigurationException(
+            "Debug mode in server is probably disabled.") from None
 
     xml = etree.parse(body)
     props = dict()
@@ -112,7 +115,27 @@ def get_server_property(key):
 
 
 def generate_password(length: int):
-    """ creates a random password that fulfills the security requirements """
+    """Create a random password that fulfills the security requirements
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    length : int
+        Length of the generated password.  Has to be greater than 7.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    password : string
+        Generated random password of the given length
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    ValueError:
+        If the length is less than 8.
+    """
+    minimum_password_length = 8
+    if length < minimum_password_length:
+        raise ValueError("CaosDB passwords have to be at least {} characters.".format(
+            minimum_password_length))
     sample_letters = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + "!#$%*+-/:;?_"
     password = ''.join((random.choice(sample_letters) for i in range(length)))