Resolve and Remove "BAD PASSWORD: It is Based on a Dictionary Word "in Linux

如果修改的是root的密码则即使有错误提示也可以修改成功的，但是对于一般的用户则不会成功，解决方法如下：

Resolve and Remove “BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word “in Linux
If you know what you’re doing and want to use weak password in Linux (CentOS, RedHat … etc), follow the steps below.

1. vi /etc/pam.d/system-auth as root.

2. Look for the following two lines:

password    requisite     pam_cracklib.so try_first_pass retry=3
password    sufficient    pam_unix.so md5 shadow nullok try_first_pass use_authtok

1. password    requisite     pam_cracklib.so try_first_pass retry=3

2. password    sufficient    pam_unix.so md5 shadow nullok try_first_pass use_authtok

 3. Comment out the first of the two lines:   注释掉此行

#password    requisite     pam_cracklib.so try_first_pass retry=3

4. Remove use_authtok on the second line. Otherwise you’ll get “passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered” error.

删除掉 "use_authtok “从第二行，否则你会得到"passwd : Authentication information canot be recovered "的错误提示
password    sufficient    pam_unix.so md5 shadow nullok try_first_pass

5. That’s it. Try changing your password again.

 搞定，再次尝试修改密码（）