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

root@solaris:~ # passwd emerson
New Password:
passwd: password is based on a reversed dictionary word.

Please try again
New Password:

Edit file /etc/default/passwd and comment the files containing DICTIONDBDIR and DICTIONLIST

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

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