How do you turn off dictionary checking for password changes?
Issue
- You do not want passwords or permutations of them to be checked against a dictionary of words. Further, you also are not interested in checking passwords for their relative security quality or if they have been used before. You are aware of the security implications of this and have a general idea of how Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) work.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux All Versions
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