BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word

Mike O'Neill mikeo at redhillstudios.com
Mon Jan 15 20:57:03 GMT 2001


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
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> 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
> 
> 
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