Ubuntu 10.04: Bypass minimum password length / complexity requirements #
Ubuntu 10.04 is requiring users to create more secure passwords than in previous versions. That is generally a good idea, but there are cases where you might want a simple password (for testing purposes in a VM, etc). The fastest method to bypass the minimum complexity and length requirements is to simply run the passwd command as root:
$ sudo passwd username
I mucked around in /etc/pam.d/common-password and read the man page for pam_unix before just chucking it and going with the above workaround.
/nix | May 18, 2010
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