How do I disable password dictionary check in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

passwords being non dictionary based words being forced.

  • Is it possible to use dictionary based passwords only?
  • Red Hat is forcing passwords to be non-dictionary based words.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
  • pam-0.99.6.2-4.el5 or later
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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