On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 03:30:36PM -0700, Bo Adler wrote: > Package: libpam-cracklib > Version: 0.79-3.1 > Severity: normal
> We recently installed several dictionaries and activated > pam_cracklib to get stronger passwords. During testing, > we found that we couldn't change passwords -- > $ passwd > Changing password for thumper > (current) UNIX password: > New UNIX password: > (index fread failed): Success > cracklib: corrupt dictionary, exiting > when choosing a password that was likely to be validated. > By modifying /etc/cracklib/cracklib.conf, I was able > to narrow down the problem to the "mueller7-mova" > and "mueller7accent-mova" packages. Once I removed > these packages (and reran "update-cracklib"), the problem > went away. So why do you consider this a bug in libpam-cracklib, rather than a bug in mueller7-mova/mueller7accent-mova? There seems to be a very clear error message here, originating within cracklib, claiming that the dictionary is corrupt. Why should this error message not be taken at face value? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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