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As root you are allowed to give a user any password you want:<br />
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&nbsp; passwd &lt;username&gt;<br />

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As root you are allowed to give a user any password you want:

  passwd <username>


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Is there a way to use whatever password you want in RH6.1? I am constantly confounded by the &quot;dictionary word&quot; and &quot;duplicate letter&quot; stuff when setting up users that need very little security.
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Is there a way to use whatever password you want in RH6.1? I am constantly confounded by the "dictionary word" and "duplicate letter" stuff when setting up users that need very little security.

Turn Off or Bypass passwd checking

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