I just installed Zorin and, so far, I really like it. I am having one problem. The requirement for minimum 8 characters for the login password does not conform to my own LAN security and leaves me having to login (supply userid and password) for each machine I wish to visit from my Zorin box. I don't want to debate the benefits v downsides of shorter passwords - I just have to make Zorin conform to my environment or I have to discard it. Is there any workaround that will let me choose whatever login password I want ?
Do you want a shorter password or a longer one?
Shorter (for now).
You can change the password to a shorter one with the terminal:
sudo -i
Enter your current password to elevate to root, and then
passwd [USERNAME]
Replace [USERNAME] with the name of
the username you want to change the password, e.g.
passwd tovian
Then you are prompted to set a new password.
The input of the new password won't be displayed, so pay close attention.
You can also enter the same digits or letters, e.g. 1111. The terminal will complain about the short password or palindrome, but set it.
Beauty - Worked perfectly - Thank You.
- I had tried that before, but I obviously did something wrong the first time. Good to go now.
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