On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:03:45 -0700 Mark Post said: >>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 8:42 PM, in message ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Aria Bamdad ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:=20 >-snip- >> RPM shows the following: >>=20 >> S.5....T /usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict.hwm >> S.5....T /usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict.pwd >> S.5....T /usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict.pwi > >> The files are there but they are zero byte files. There is also >> a cracklib.magic file that has data in it. > >So, basically, someone running as the root user emptied them. Most likely = >the time stamp on the files will tell you when. You can either re-install = >the RPM, or copy the files from another SLES10 SP1 system that has the = >same version of cracklib installed. > > >Mark Post
Reinstalling the packages worked. It is unlikely anyone purposely emptied these files out! I have 3 other systems that are the same way. Thanks for your help Mark. Aria ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
