Having a reasonable password by default is a best practice. If you don't want to have a secure password, you have two options:
1- Use "sudo passwd username" to set your password to something simple 2- Disable password quality checking by modifying the pam configuration as you've described. You can also choose to autologin if you don't want to type in your password often. This is by design, we will not be changing this. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/939595 Title: User can't set simple passwords for his local machine To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/939595/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs