Re: Allowing weak passwords

[Dave Sherohman <esper@usinternet.com>]

Ben Collins said:
> Edit /etc/login.defs and modify the minimum password length config.

That allows _short_ passwords, but not _weak_ ones.

After changing it to 1, I just had the following exchange with passwd:

Enter the new password (minimum of 1, maximum of 8 characters)
Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers.
New password: a
Bad password: a palindrome.  Try again.
New password: abc
Bad password: too simple.  Try again.

How do I disable those checks?

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