1update-cracklib(8)          System Manager's Manual         update-cracklib(8)
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NAME

6       update-cracklib - Regenerate cracklib dictionary
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SYNOPSIS

9       update-cracklib
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DESCRIPTION

13       update-cracklib   builds   a  compressed  and  accumulated  version  of
14       wordlists stored in the directories given in  cracklib's  configuration
15       file  /etc/cracklib/cracklib.conf.  Programs  using cracklib2 need this
16       database to be of any use.
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18       By default this script is called by cron every day.
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RESULT

22       update-cracklib prints out two numbers: the number of words  read  from
23       the  ASCII dictionaries and the number of words eventually written into
24       the cracklib database; if no error occurred, these should be equal.
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26       0 is returned on success, otherwise an  error  message  is  printed  to
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FILES

31       /etc/cracklib/cracklib.conf
32              shell  script  that  sets  cracklib_dictpath_src which must be a
33              space separated list of source dictionary files.
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SEE ALSO

37       cracklib(3), crack_mkdict(8)
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AUTHOR

41       This  program  and  manual  page  was  written  by  Martin  Pitt  <mar‐
42       tin@piware.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by oth‐
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48Martin Pitt                      June 09, 2003              update-cracklib(8)