Password

[Nix, Robert P.]

Note that the passwd command will still complain about the password, even though you're setting it from root. However, after the complaints, it will ask you to retype the password to verify it, and will set it in any case. 


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-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mark Panen
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:52 AM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: Password

Should be able to make the password as root


On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:49:01 +0100 (CET), Eric Tanguy
<eric.tanguy at univ-nantes.fr> 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