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Fix: BAD PASSWORD: The password contains the user name in some form.
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gecos-passwd.sh
# Work around for when you want/need your password to contain part of your username
# Disable the pwquality profile in PAM
sudo pam-auth-update --disable pwquality
# Change your password
echo 'ubuntu:Ubuntu123!'|sudo chpasswd -s
# Enable the pwquality profile in PAM
sudo pam-auth-update --enable pwqualit
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ThinGuy commented Jan 31, 2024 

$ debconf-get-selections 2>/dev/null|grep libpam-runtime/profiles
libpam-runtime  libpam-runtime/profiles multiselect     pwquality, unix, sss, systemd, gnome-keyring, capability

$ sudo pam-auth-update --force
$ debconf-get-selections 2>/dev/null|grep libpam-runtime/profiles
libpam-runtime  libpam-runtime/profiles multiselect     unix, sss, systemd, gnome-keyring, capability

$ echo 'ubuntu:Ubuntu1+'|sudo chpasswd -
$ sudo pam-auth-update --force

$ debconf-get-selections 2>/dev/null|grep libpam-runtime/profiles
libpam-runtime  libpam-runtime/profiles multiselect     pwquality, unix, sss, systemd, gnome-keyring, capability

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