That was a miss-send.  Please ignore.

On Tue, 2020-02-25 at 21:52 -0500, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-02-24 at 18:23 +0000, Beartooth wrote:
> >     I had set my wife an account on one of my computers recently,
> > a 
> > Thinkpad E-series using MATE User Manager under F31. I suppose I
> > may
> > have 
> > failed to set her password, though I doubt that intensely.
> > 
> >      This is a machine that never leaves my desk, despite being a 
> > laptop. 
> > 
> >      I typed in her usual password for logging in; I got this:
> > 
> > su - tslg 
> > You are required to change your password immediately 
> > (administrator  enforced)
> > New password: 
> > BAD PASSWORD: The password fails the dictionary check - it is based
> > on a 
> > dictionary word
> > su: Authentication token manipulation error
> > 
> >     Just for the record, it consists of first letters of a line of 
> > poetry, and does not resemble any word in any of the several
> > languages I 
> > know. (The app is probably just complaining of the length.) Nor had
> > I 
> > enforced any such requirement, nor would I.
> > 
> >     useradd -h as root got me nothing that seemed to enable even
> > root 
> > to edit a user's data. (I tried -p and -u.) Can I do it?? 
> > -- 
> > Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User
> > Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is
> >     Suppose I try the obvious: delete and re-add her. (She has not
> > yet 
> > touched this particular machine, so the account is still empty.)
> > Will
> > she 
> > or I then be able to set the password she chooses? 
> > 
> >     I don't mind an OS warning me of hazards I can judge better
> > than 
> > it can; but  I do take it amiss to be forbidden something trivial.
> > -- 
> > Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User
> > Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is
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