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Package: adduser
When installing ubuntu, I could, if I choose, to use a password that is
considered insecure, e.g., 123456, though I am warned, I am allowed. After
installing, if I try to change my password to something like 123456 I am
told the password is too simple, and I can't change it. It needs to be one
or the other, personally I don't think I should be told I can't change my
password to 123456, that isn't very free. Tell me I am an idiot, but don't
tell me I can't.
I am using Ubuntu with the latest Kernel.
Thanks.
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If you set your password as root, as is done at install time, you can set as
weak of a password as you want. If you set it as a normal user, you are
constrained by the password strength checking requirements that are in
place. This is not a bug, this is the intended behavior.
You can disable these strength checks by removing the 'obscure' option to
pam_unix in /etc/pam.d/common-password.
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