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Linux (redhat) how to change password to previous password

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Mar 15, 20266250 views
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Problem

Is there a way to change password to value same as the previous password? I know this is a security flaw, but would like to know however. when I try this:

Error Output

[mrbean@wwwserver ~]$ passwd
Changing password for user mrbean.
Changing password for mrbean
(current) UNIX password: 
New UNIX password: -- here i t…

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Fix for: Linux (redhat) how to change password to previous password

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Either enter the password as root, or modify the PAM configuration to relax the password requirements. Either way, this is something that only root can do.

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