update-cracklib(8) System Manager's Manual update-cracklib(8)
NAME
update-cracklib - Regenerate cracklib dictionary
SYNOPSIS
update-cracklib
DESCRIPTION
update-cracklib builds a compressed and accumulated version of wordlists
stored in the directories given in cracklib's configuration file
/etc/cracklib/cracklib.conf. Programs using cracklib2 need this database
to be of any use.
RESULT
update-cracklib prints out two numbers: the number of words read from
the ASCII dictionaries and the number of words eventually written into
the cracklib database; if no error occurred, these should be equal.
0 is returned on success, otherwise an error message is printed to stan-
dard error and -1 is returned.
FILES
/etc/cracklib/cracklib.conf
shell script that sets cracklib_dictpath_src which must be a
space separated list of source dictionary files.
SEE ALSO
cracklib(3), crack_mkdict(8)
AUTHOR
This program and manual page was written by Martin Pitt <martin@pi-
ware.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by others).
Martin Pitt June 09, 2003 update-cracklib(8)
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