BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word

[Steven Pierce]

ok.. I was root also..

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********

On 1/15/2001 at 12:57 Mike O'Neill wrote:

>Steven, yes I know about that.  On this RH7 system, the root user is not
>stopped from changing the password however the regular user is.  -m
> 
>> Mike,
>> 
>> Yes, that is a message.  I did a change of a new uers passwd last night.  I
>> kept getting this
>> message also.  Type the passwd again, and hit enter.  It will tell you that it
>> has taken.
>> 
>> I was also getting a message that it was a word in the dict.  It was a persons
>> name
>> that I was using.
>> 
>> S
>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>> 
>> On 1/15/2001 at 12:01 Mike O'Neill wrote:
>> 
>>> A non-root user is trying to change their password but cannot because of the
>>> message:
>>> 
>>> BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
>>> 
>>> They swear its not true.  Anyways, I was just curious where (if anywhere)
>>> the config file lies for this functionality.  Do you know?  -mike
>> 
>> 
>>