Password

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Eric Tanguy wrote:

> I need to create an account for a child on my machine and for that i
> need to make a very simple password. But when i try to do that the
> system answer that this password is based on a dictionay word and
> refuse to do it. So how it is possible to assign a simple passwd to
> just one account ? Thanks Eric

just do it as root with the command:

  # passwd <accountname>

that will override the command's normal cautions.

rday