Changing Password for an Encrypted FS

Nils Kassube kassube at gmx.net
Sun Jan 30 13:33:07 UTC 2011


Amichai Rotman wrote:
> When I try to change my password using the 'About Me' applet, or from
> CLI using the passwd command, I get an error saying the new password
> is too similar.

> How can I bypass the "Password too similar" error?

Change your password twice - first make it something very different and 
then make it the desired one.


Nils




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