-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Richard Soule wrote:
| For my day to day job I do a lot of software demos. Lately I've been | using a Redhat system running in a VMWare image. I just got a new | system that has some cool demos in it and I want to change all the | passwords to be the same thing as the usernames. I realize this is | going to shock a lot of folks, but it is a demo system and it is a | VMWare instance, so I can always go back to the source VM if things | get mucked up. | | Right now when I type passwd I get: | | Changing password for user root. | New UNIX password: (I type root here) | BAD PASSWORD: it is too short Just keep typing the same password in. After about 2 consecutive tries with the same password, it seems to figure out that you really do want an unsecure password, and accepts it. At least, that's how it works with *my* Redhat systems! | ... - --Bruce -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDps1O/TBScWXa5IgRAi8EAJ9XwyWBitJtpuw4bmaawnpOJsbGHACgoICD BgKg3JnlWOeg3G6W8gAOhR4= =+2YM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
