Author: randy
Date: 2005-11-24 10:22:16 -0700 (Thu, 24 Nov 2005)
New Revision: 5301
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/cracklib.xml
Log:
Modified the CrackLib installation commands to work with the new version
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2005-11-24 04:18:34 UTC
(rev 5300)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2005-11-24 17:22:16 UTC
(rev 5301)
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
<para>November 24th, 2005</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>[randy] - Updated to CrackLib-2.8.6.</para>
+ <para>[randy] - Updated to CrackLib-2.8.6 and modified the
+ installation commands to work with the newer version.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/cracklib.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/cracklib.xml 2005-11-24 04:18:34 UTC (rev
5300)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/cracklib.xml 2005-11-24 17:22:16 UTC (rev
5301)
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
<para>Install <application>CrackLib</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/lib &&
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
+ --with-default-dict=/lib/cracklib/pw_dict &&
make</userinput></screen>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
@@ -126,16 +127,20 @@
mv -v /usr/lib/libcrack.so.2* /lib &&
ln -v -sf ../../lib/libcrack.so.2.8.0 /usr/lib/libcrack.so</userinput></screen>
- <para>The following commands can be used to install the recommended word
- list. Other word lists (text based, one word per line) can also be used by
- simply installing them into
- <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/dict</filename>.</para>
+ <para>Issue the following commands as the
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the
+ recommended word list and create the <application>CrackLib</application>
+ dictionary. Other word lists (text based, one word per line) can also be
+ used by simply installing them into
+ <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/dict</filename> and adding them
+ to the <command>create-cracklib-dict</command> command.</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D ../cracklib-words.gz \
/usr/share/dict/cracklib-words.gz &&
gunzip -v /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words.gz &&
ln -v -s cracklib-words /usr/share/dict/words &&
echo $(hostname) >>/usr/share/dict/cracklib-extra-words &&
+install -v -m755 -d /lib/cracklib &&
create-cracklib-dict /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words \
/usr/share/dict/cracklib-extra-words</userinput></screen>
@@ -149,8 +154,9 @@
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
- <para><parameter>--datadir=/lib</parameter>: This parameter forces the
- installation of the <application>CrackLib</application> dictionary to the
+ <para><parameter>--with-default-dict=/lib/cracklib/pw_dict</parameter>:
+ This parameter forces the installation of the
+ <application>CrackLib</application> dictionary to the
<filename class='directory'>/lib</filename> hierarchy.</para>
<para><command>mv -v /usr/lib/libcrack.so.2* /lib</command> and
@@ -197,8 +203,9 @@
<seglistitem>
<seg>cracklib-check, cracklib-format, cracklib-packer,
cracklib-unpacker and create-cracklib-dict</seg>
- <seg>libcrack.[so,a] and optionally, libcrack_heimdal.[so,a]</seg>
- <seg>/lib/cracklib and /usr/share/dict</seg>
+ <seg>libcrack.[so,a] and optionally, libcrack_heimdal.[so,a] and
+ cracklibmodule.[so,a] <application>Python</application> module</seg>
+ <seg>/lib/cracklib, /usr/share/dict and /usr/share/cracklib</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
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