Gi Chae,

> Had a snoop through some of the directories as su (ssh2 of course) and
> found these 3 files hidden away in usr/lib
>
> cracklib_dict.hwm
> cracklib_dict.pwd
> cracklib_dict.pwi
>
> Now I know this is for testing passwords for vulnerabilities - surely this
> wouldn't be standard installation files would it?

Don't worry about it. Cracklib is a nice tool which can make sure your users 
don't use easy guessable passwords.

See: http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-97.16.CrackLib

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With best regards,

Michael Stauber
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Unix/Linux Support Engineer

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