Solaris 10 – passwd: password is based on a dictionary word.

root@solaris10:/ # passwd emerson
New Password:
passwd: password is based on a dictionary word.

Edit file /etc/default/passwd and comment DICTIONLIST and DICTIONDBDIR

root@solaris10:/ # vi /etc/default/passwd
#DICTIONLIST=/usr/share/lib/dict/words
#DICTIONDBDIR=/var/passwd

Source: On passwords – Part 3: Using a password policy

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