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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.
       By default this script is called by cron every day.

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
       standard 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  <mar-
       tin AT piware.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by oth-
       ers).


Martin Pitt                      June 09, 2003              update-cracklib(8)