Linux (redhat) how to change password to previous password

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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:

[mrbean@wwwserver ~]$ passwd
Changing password for user mrbean.
Changing password for mrbean
(current) UNIX password: 
New UNIX password: -- here i typed same password
BAD PASSWORD: is too similar to the old one.

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Linux (redhat) how to change password to previous password

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Published on 2010-04-14T15:54:18Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 16:13 UTC
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Is there a way to change password to value same as the previous password?

when I try this:

[mrbean@wwwserver ~]$ passwd
Changing password for user mrbean.
Changing password for mrbean
(current) UNIX password: 
New UNIX password: -- here i typed same password
BAD PASSWORD: is too similar to the old one.

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