Ignore "Bad: new and old password are too similar"

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Published on 2011-05-21T14:07:56Z Indexed on 2011/06/30 8:30 UTC
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I receive this message when trying to change my password:

"Bad: new and old password are too similar"

The passwords' "similarity" is irrelevant for my needs, so I'd like to bypass this.

I tried sudo passwd $my_username

I thought this had worked because I got a message:

passwd: password updated successfully

However, the password change has no effect after leaving the terminal, and my old password is still the only one recognized.

Any ideas?

thanks

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