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I recently changed my Ubuntu login password. But now I want to change it back to the old password. But when I try that. It shows "Not good enough".

It was a strong password when I had set it for the first time. enter image description here

Asc
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You can just alt to root and change your password like that:

root@hello:~# passwd Your_Name
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
root@hello:~#

It doesn't care about the password history.

Or, you can chose a random password this time(like asdkjhavbaudifsd) and then change it back to your previous password.

Mr.m
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Open the Dash by clicking the Ubuntu icon in the upper-left, type "terminal", and select the Terminal application from the results that appear.

In the terminal, type

sudo passwd

You will be prompted for your current password, enter that. Then you will be prompted for a new password and also to confirm the new password.

nguni52
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    NO, It didn't work. i.e, it showed passwd: password updated successfully but Showed password error when logging next time. Its still my current password even if it showed passwd: password updated successfully –  Jan 07 '16 at 09:08
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    you have to do: sudo passwd <your_user_name> to force bypass the password check... if you do sudo passwd you will change the root password. – LilloX Jan 07 '16 at 09:11
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    @VishwaPrakashHV Running sudo passwd has set the password for root, enabling login as root. You may not want this. You can run sudo passwd -d root to undo this. – kos Jan 07 '16 at 09:19