how can I override passwd?
Pasha
e97665728 at 013.net
Thu Feb 10 16:24:48 UTC 2005
Douglas Frank wrote:
> In setting up a user acct for myself, passwd refuses my favorite
> password because it includes a dictionary word.
>
> Hell I've been using this same password here at work for years, it's
> the one I use all over the LAN and I don't feel like changing
> everywhere it to accomodate whichever graduate student Napoleon
> decided to make passwd use Linux_PAM. If any of my colleagues care to
> crack it, I don't care. I keep all my porn at home.
>
> How can I override the password nanny temporarily?
>
> thanks
Set user password as root. It will still complain about bad password,
but will accept it anyway.
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