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+<?php
+
+namespace Combodo\iTop\Test\UnitTest\Core;
+use Combodo\iTop\Test\UnitTest\ItopDataTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @runTestsInSeparateProcesses
+ * @preserveGlobalState disabled
+ * @backupGlobals disabled
+ */
+class BulkChangeTest extends ItopDataTestCase
+{
+	const CREATE_TEST_ORG = true;
+	protected function setUp()
+	{
+		parent::setUp();
+		require_once(APPROOT.'core/coreexception.class.inc.php');
+		require_once(APPROOT.'core/bulkchange.class.inc.php');
+
+	}
+
+	//bug 2888: csv import / data synchro issue with password validation
+	public function testPasswordBulkChangeIssue()
+	{
+		/** @var Personn $oPerson */
+		$oPerson = $this->createObject('Person', array(
+			'first_name' => 'isaac',
+			'name' => 'asimov',
+			'email' => 'isaac.asimov@fundation.org',
+			'org_id' => $this->getTestOrgId(),
+		));
+
+		$aData = array(
+			array($oPerson->Get("first_name"),
+				$oPerson->Get("name"),
+				$oPerson->Get("email"),
+				"EN US",
+				"iasimov",
+				"harryseldon",
+				"profileid->name:Administrator"
+			)
+		);
+		$aAttributes = array("language" => 3, "login" => 4, "password" => 5, "profile_list" => 6);
+		$aExtKeys = array("contactid" =>
+			array("first_name" => 0, "name" => 1, "email" => 2));
+		$oBulk = new \BulkChange(
+			"UserLocal",
+			$aData,
+			$aAttributes,
+			$aExtKeys,
+			array("login"),
+			null,
+			null,
+			"Y-m-d H:i:s", // date format
+			true // localize
+		);
+
+		$oChange = \CMDBObject::GetCurrentChange();
+		$aRes = $oBulk->Process($oChange);
+		static::assertNotNull($aRes);
+
+		foreach ($aRes as $aRow)
+		{
+			if (array_key_exists('__STATUS__', $aRow))
+			{
+				$sStatus = $aRow['__STATUS__'];
+				$this->assertFalse(strstr($sStatus->GetDescription(), "CoreCannotSaveObjectException"), "CSVimport/Datasynchro: Password validation failed with: " . $sStatus->GetDescription());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+}
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