I just installed my brand new PI using the Wheezy image on Raspberry's site. Problem is it has such a strict password policy I cannot set it to anything less than 6 characters and even then it must have special characters.
How do I stop this strict password policy? I WANT a weak password so please no responses as to why this is a bad idea, closed network, doesn't matter.
Do the password change while super user
sudo -s
passwd <user>
Type and retype the password at the prompt and you are done (You need to substitute <user> with the actual name of the user you want to change the password). Once done, go back to user level with
exit
@Asclepius suggests a shorter solution with the oneliner sudo passwd <user>, you will have to insert your user password (unless your account is listed as NOPASSWD in the sudoers file) and then type and retype the password for the user. No need to exit as you will be taken back to your ususal privileges as soon the command is executed.
