Re: Can't find informatin on passwdqc, pwqcheck or cracklib
On Fri March. 22, 2024, at 03:39, NC wrote: > I'm wanting to upgrade my security, and like to use some of the > suggested tools. I've installed some of the tools, but can't find man > pages on them. Similarly there's no results to be had from googling. > I must be missing something.. > As far as I can tell, passwdqc package installs man pages for pwqcheck pwqfilter pwqgen Loïc
Re: Can't find informatin on passwdqc, pwqcheck or cracklib
On 22 Mar 2024 13:16 +1100, from n...@linearg.com: > I'm wanting to upgrade my security, and like to use some of the suggested > tools. I've installed some of the tools, but can't find man pages on them. You can see the files installed by a package by running: $ dpkg -L For example: $ dpkg -L coreutils man pages will typically be under /usr/share/man: $ dpkg -L coreutils | grep ^/usr/share/man/ dpkg -L == dpkg --listfiles Note that this will not list files generated during installation (for example a kernel module package that triggers a DKMS build would likely show the source code but _not_ the built binaries) or configuration files created later; but that shouldn't be an issue with man pages. -- Michael Kjörling https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”
Re: Can't find informatin on passwdqc, pwqcheck or cracklib
On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 01:16:13PM +1100, n...@linearg.com wrote: > I'm wanting to upgrade my security, and like to use some of the suggested > tools. I've installed some of the tools, but can't find man pages on them. > Similarly there's no results to be had from googling. > I must be missing something.. As far as I can see [1], cracklib comes with man pages... Cheers [1] https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/amd64/cracklib-runtime/filelist -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Can't find informatin on passwdqc, pwqcheck or cracklib
On Fri, 2024-03-22 at 13:16 +1100, n...@linearg.com wrote: > I'm wanting to upgrade my security, and like to use some of the > suggested tools. I've installed some of the tools, but can't find man > pages on them. Similarly there's no results to be had from googling. > I must be missing something.. Information, basically. What 'tools'? Cheers!
Re: Can't find informatin on passwdqc, pwqcheck or cracklib
On Fri, 2024-03-22 at 13:16 +1100, n...@linearg.com wrote: > I'm wanting to upgrade my security, and like to use some of the > suggested tools. I've installed some of the tools, but can't find man > pages on them. Similarly there's no results to be had from googling. > I must be missing something.. In short: cracklib? cracklib2? Not all pkgs are covered by man pages, but there are plenty of other information sources. Cheers!
Can't find informatin on passwdqc, pwqcheck or cracklib
I'm wanting to upgrade my security, and like to use some of the suggested tools. I've installed some of the tools, but can't find man pages on them. Similarly there's no results to be had from googling. I must be missing something.. NC
Re: Bug in libpam-cracklib
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dirk Salva wrote: Hallo, Dirk! | Ich versteh nicht so ganz, was Du mir sagen willst. Ich wollte eigentlich auf die auskommentierte erste Zeile hinaus - aber Du kannst natürlich auch versuchen, mal anstellen von minlen minlength einzutragen, vielleicht geht es dann? Die Zeilen stammen wie gesagt aus meinem einen Rechner und dort klappt das wunderbar.. Cheers, Jan - -- GPG-KeyID: 82201FC4 Available at my public keyserver www.gpg-keyserver.de -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBURX3vvmCkIIgH8QRAiNYAJoDlg5Qn3Hos/WB4thi/r4Q+d3wUgCgq5XF tkhbguI51OUB/1ne08xUNYQ= =Keex -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: Bug in libpam-cracklib
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 08:04:39AM +0200, Jan Kesten wrote: Ich wollte eigentlich auf die auskommentierte erste Zeile hinaus - aber Du kannst natürlich auch versuchen, mal anstellen von minlen minlength einzutragen, vielleicht geht es dann? Du kannst mir das ruhig nur hier in der ML senden, zusaetzlich als Mail ist nicht wirklich vonnoeten. Die Zeilen stammen wie gesagt aus meinem einen Rechner und dort klappt das wunderbar.. Das Problem ist ja nicht, dass sie nicht beachtet werden. Wuerden sie das nicht, wuerde nicht aufs dictionary verwiesen und es wuerde auch nicht ueber ein zu kurzes Passwort gemeckert. Er nimmt halt nur nicht den Wert aus der Zeile, sondern einen darunterliegenden Wert. BTW: die Zeilen standen da vorher schon so drin und sind nur nochmal von mir auskommentiert/einkommentiert worden. Ausserdem decken sie sich mit diversen secure-howtos. Da kann ich bisher keine Fehler finden. ciao, Dirk -- | Akkuschrauber-Kaufberatung and AEG-GSM-stuff | | Visit my homepage: http://www.nutrimatic.ping.de/ | | FIDO: Dirk Salva 2:244/6305.10 Internet: dsalvaATgmx.de | |The Ruhrgebiet, best place to live in Germany! | -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: Bug in libpam-cracklib
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dirk Salva wrote: | Was ist da los? Ist das ein Bug? Ist libpam-cracklib so nicht | irgendwie nutzlos? Wie soll ich denn herausfinden, wie ich die Wie sieht denn deine common-password aus? Man kann nämlich auf eine nicht auskommentierte Zeile reinfallen, hier mal aus einer meiner common-password: - -- SNIP -- # password required pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=4 max=8 md5 password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlength=6 difok=3 password required pam_unix.so use_authtok md5 - -- SNIP -- Etwas weiter 'oben' steht hier die alte Zeile für die Prüfung ohne cracklib und dort steht min=4 und unten minlength=6 (genau zwei Zeichen unterschied). Hab's zwar nicht nachgeprüft ob das was ausmacht, aber vielleicht hilft's Dir ja.. Cheers, Jan - -- GPG-KeyID: 82201FC4 Available at my public keyserver www.gpg-keyserver.de -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBT9KcvvmCkIIgH8QRArb7AKCQRRWm4XDyumZXtRFnIiiHQSq0HQCdFxN6 npYeLbW23zIV26Em0pOSzFI= =DZae -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: Bug in libpam-cracklib
On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 09:05:00AM +0200, Jan Kesten wrote: | Was ist da los? Ist das ein Bug? Ist libpam-cracklib so nicht | irgendwie nutzlos? Wie soll ich denn herausfinden, wie ich die Wie sieht denn deine common-password aus? Man kann nämlich auf eine nicht auskommentierte Zeile reinfallen, hier mal aus einer meiner common-password: # password required pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=4 max=8 md5 password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlength=6 difok=3 password required pam_unix.so use_authtok md5 Etwas weiter 'oben' steht hier die alte Zeile für die Prüfung ohne cracklib und dort steht min=4 und unten minlength=6 (genau zwei Zeichen unterschied). Ich versteh nicht so ganz, was Du mir sagen willst. Die Zeilen sehen fast genauso aus, nur das bei mir minlen statt minlength steht. Aber von Anfang an, da habe ich nix dran rumgemacht. Das libpam_cracklib verwendet wird steht fest, sonst wuerde kein Fehler Passwort ist in dictionary (sinngemaess) kommen. ciao, Dirk -- | Akkuschrauber-Kaufberatung and AEG-GSM-stuff | | Visit my homepage: http://www.nutrimatic.ping.de/ | | FIDO: Dirk Salva 2:244/6305.10 Internet: dsalvaATgmx.de | |The Ruhrgebiet, best place to live in Germany! | -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
Re: Bug in libpam-cracklib (was: Passwort-Mindestlaenge wird ignoriert;-()?
Hallo, vor kurzem habe ich hier das geschrieben: snip On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:03:15PM +0200, Dirk Salva wrote: ich habe hier auf einem Sarge-Rechner ein Problem: die eingestellte Passwort-Mindestlaenge wird ignoriert;-( Installiert ist libpam-cracklib, die entsprechenden Zeilen sind in /etc/pam.d/common-password ergaenzt. Dort steht minlen=8 Trotzdem ist ein normaler User in der Lage, sein Passwort mittels passwd gegen ein Passwort mit nur sechs Zeichen auszutauschen. Soeben passiert. Any hints, woran das liegen kann!? snip Dazu habe ich jetzt etwas ziemlich seltsames herausgefunden: ich kann als User Passwoerter angeben, die um genau zwei Zeichen kuerzer sind als die erlaubte Minimallaenge laut minlen= Auf einem anderen Rechner hier betraegt die Differenz drei Zeichen, sprich, ich stelle minlen=10 ein und kann Passwoerter mit 7 Zeichen Laenge eingeben. Was ist da los? Ist das ein Bug? Ist libpam-cracklib so nicht irgendwie nutzlos? Wie soll ich denn herausfinden, wie ich die Mindestlaenge korrekt setze, wenn der Parameter minlen= so rumspinnt!? ciao, Dirk -- | Akkuschrauber-Kaufberatung and AEG-GSM-stuff | | Visit my homepage: http://www.nutrimatic.ping.de/ | | FIDO: Dirk Salva 2:244/6305.10 Internet: dsalvaATgmx.de | |The Ruhrgebiet, best place to live in Germany! | -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
cracklib dla usera shellowo - potrzebny pomysl
Witajcie, jest mozliwosc udostepnienia / skompilowania (skad wziac zroda?) crackliba by byl dostepny dla jakiegos usera ? pisze programik do testowania hasel, ale dziala na prawach zwyklego usera i nie ma dostep do bibliotek systemowych w szczegolnosci /var/cache/cracklib/ Moze ktos cos poradzic jak by zrobic testowanie hasel ? -- Pozdrawiam, Marcin.
Re: cracklib dla usera shellowo - potrzebny pomysl
Witajcie, crackliba by byl dostepny dla jakiegos usera ? ... Moze ktos cos poradzic jak by zrobic testowanie hasel ? moze doprecyzuje: zwyklyjuzer$ echo asdfasdf | crack_testlib enter potential passwords, one per line... /var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd: Permission denied PWOpen: Illegal seek potrzebuje dostepu do plikow: /var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd /var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.hwm /var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwi chcialbym aby te biblioteki byly osobne dla tego programu a osobne dla systemu. Jak wymusic zmiane katalogu ? export CRACKLIB_DICTPATH=. i nadal to samo. -- Pozdrawiam, Marcin.
Re: cracklib dla usera shellowo - potrzebny pomysl
Calkiem fajna opcja jest puszczenie John the crackera ablo czegos takiego w tle.
cracklib w debianowym php...
Witajcie, wie ktos moze co zrobic by miec biblioteke cracklib dostepna z poziomu PHP ? (safe_mode=on,debian woody, php z paczki). po probie uzycia przykladu ze strony: http://pl2.php.net/crack dostaje: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: crack_opendict() in /home/juzer/public_html/cracklibtest.php on line 3 Nie wiem czy to jest takie trudne czy po prostu mam jakis zawias umyslowy :( a dosc sie spiesze z robota ... :/ In order to use these functions, you must compile PHP with Crack support by using the --with-crack[=DIR] option. jak to jest w debianie ? -- Pozdrawiam, Marcin.
cracklib tunning
Hi, I just installed the cracklib pam module, and try to configure it correctly. I have installed some additional dictionaries : american-english british-english dansk french italian ngerman spanish swedish bokm?ldanish dutch german nederlands nynorsk svenska words and have re-run the cracklib script. But after some tries I found that it still accept a passowrd like qwertz (swiss-keyboard) . How can I improve it? Thanks for your hints, Frederic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Heimdal and cracklib
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:04:57PM +0100, Anton Emmerfors wrote: Hi, I'm looking to incorporate password quality control in my Heimdal KDC using cracklib. I found the following in the Heimdal manuals: Sorry, this was not the appropriate list for this question. I have reposted it on the Kerberos list. /Anton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Heimdal and cracklib
Hi, I'm looking to incorporate password quality control in my Heimdal KDC using cracklib. I found the following in the Heimdal manuals: [password_quality] check_library = library check_function = function The function function in the shared library library will be called for proposed new passwords. The function should be declared as: const char * function(krb5_context context, krb5_principal principal, krb5_data *pwd); The function should verify that pwd is a good password for principal and if so return NULL. If it is deemed to be of low quality, it should return a string explaining why that password should not be used. Code for a password quality checking function that uses the cracklib library can be found in kpasswd/sample_password_check.c in the source code distribution. It requires the cracklib library built with the patch available at ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/krb/src/cracklib.patch Now I'm wondering if the code mentioned in the Heimdal docs incorporated and does Debian cracklib2 have the proper patch? If so, what do I need to put in my krb5.conf entry to make it work? /Anton -- I've got rm -rf and I'm not afraid to use it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PAM-Authentifizierung mit cracklib funktioniert nicht
Hi, wenn ich in der Datei /etc/pam.d/passwd von # password required pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=4 max=8 md5 auf # password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=8 difok=3 # password required pam_unix.so use_authtok nullok md5 umstelle bekomme ich eine Fehlermeldung beim passwd-Befehl: passwd fbn Changing password for fbn (current) UNIX password: passwd: Critical error - immediate abort Die cracklib-Pakete sind installiert, was mache ich falsch? Gruss, Frank -- Frank Niedermannhttp://fbn.dyndns.org mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)
passwd-cracklib
witam, meczylem sie nieco z pam-cracklib i passwd i do tej pory nie rozwiazalem tego tzn. w pam.d/login odhaszowalem wpisy dla craklib, zahaszowalem wczesniejszy i pojawia mi sie przy probie zmiany hasla taki komunikat: passwd: Critical error - immediate abort zaczalem szukac troche w sieci i na bugs.debian.org jest ten bug:#141052 datowany na kwiecien 2002. (dodam ze wszystkie mozliwe crackliby mam zainstalowane ) czy u kogos to dziala?
Re: passwd-cracklib
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 08:21:17PM +0200, goga-goga wrote: problem nieaktualny, niewidziec czemu mialem puste pliki w /var/cache/cracklib mimo, ze codziennie w cronie mialem aktualizacje tych slownikow od ladnych paru tygodni.
cracklib problem
Whenever I insert password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=6 difok=3 at the top of my /etc/pam.d/passwd stack, I get passwd: Critial error - immediate abort whenever I try to change a password. Am I misusing this module (running sid)? I notice that the PAM documentation says that the module requires that /usr/lib/cracklib_dict exist, but no package contains any cracklib_dict file. Could this be the problem? How do I make a cracklib_dict?
Looking for .deb containing *_dict.* for cracklib
Perhaps I wasn't clear before with my headlines. Sorry. Does anyone
know why I might not be getting these *_dict.* files installed?
Xeno Campanoli wrote:
Okay, (Doh!) it looks like I don't have the cracklib_dict.pwd file
installed on the system where PAM doesn't work with cracklib. I've
tried apt-get remove-ing and re-installing any crack-related packages
I've been able to find using apt-cache, but still no *_dict.* files.
I've also searched the old mailing list archives for this, so either
this is a bug or anomaly in the progression of packages, and in either
case there's no evidence anybody has known about it up until now. I'm
betting it's a part of some normal package I'd put in on a complete
install but which I just cannot presently think of. At any rate, I'd
like two forms of feedback:
1) What is the stable package I need to install to get these *_dict.*
files?
2) Does anyone have any suggestions on how to better search for this
kind of problem using the apt-* facilities?
TIA. I'll forward the final results to the pam-list, as I presume most
of you are not on that. See Igmar's comments below for more
information.
Sincerely, Xeno
Igmar Palsenberg wrote:
Hi,
This is the actual problem :
stat(/var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd, 0xbfff9a1c) = -1 ENOENT
It's also consitent with the code (pam_cracklib.c) :
if (!stat(buf,st) st.st_size)
return PAM_SUCCESS;
else {
if (ctrl PAM_DEBUG_ARG)
_pam_log(LOG_NOTICE,dict path '%s'[.pwd] is invalid,
CRACKLIB_DICTPATH);
return PAM_ABORT;
}
In other words : It can't find your dicts file. What I do find strange it
the path it is looking for : /var/cache/cracklib. On all RH systems I've
been on it's in /usr/lib
You have two options : Make a symlink, copy the files, etc, or recompile
the cracklib module.
Igmar
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Using cracklib for passwd (in /etc/pam.d/passwd)
I've came across the last two lines in /etc/pam.d/passwd involving the cracklib. I wanted to use it, but it says uncomment the next two lines. #password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=6 difok=3 #password required pam_unix.so use_authtok md5 I'm wondering a few things, what does difok and use_authtok means, and if md5 is there, won't that enable md5 passwords? If so do I need to make new ones? Thanks in advance Calyth
cracklib
Hello I get messages in my root mailbox about cracklib. It always prints the same two numbers. What does this mean?
Re: cracklib
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, John Davis wrote: I get messages in my root mailbox about cracklib. It always prints the same two numbers. What does this mean? This is the output from the /etc/cron.daily/cracklib file. I've fixed this in the potato release of cracklib-runtime so you could try installing that version. Alternately, edit the cron.daily script to redirect the output of crack_packer to /dev/null. -- Jean Pierre Debian cracklib-runtime maintainer.
Re: email from cracklib cron
On 29 Apr 1999, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: My question is why hasn't this been fixed? Or perhaps it has and somehow my system just isn't up-to-date? Or was it deemed too simple a fix to warrant a new version of cracklib-runtime? It has been fixed and uploaded to potato. There has since been another bug found which I've tracked down to a bug in the find package. A new upload should be coming shortly. I'm not clear on when its ok to upload a fix to a stable distribution. This is clearly not a security issue or even a serious problem. Would it still be appropriate to upload to slink? -- Jean Pierre
Re: email from cracklib cron
I'm not clear on when its ok to upload a fix to a stable distribution. This is clearly not a security issue or even a serious problem. Would it still be appropriate to upload to slink? It's the eternal debate about what the word 'stable' means in a software distribution. One definition is, non-experimental, but up to date. Another is, Changes only for security reasons. Debian seems to use the latter definition. Perhaps the package developer has some say; I'm not sure how that works. -- Pete Harlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.artselect.com/ http://www.mealsforyou.com/
Re: email from cracklib cron
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary L. Hennigan) wrote: I have a system that I hadn't bothered adding dev/null to the appropriate place in /etc/cron.daily/cracklib to avoid the email (slink distribution). It's on a seldom used system and I just never bothered. I had hoped that the simple fix would be quickly uploaded and I wouldn't need to bother. Well, it finally got to the point that it was driving me crazy so I looked in the Debain mailing list archive and applied the /dev/null. Sorry to be a little dense, but where in the /etc/cron.daily/cracklib file do I put /dev/null? This is the first I have heard about the problem, though I have noticed a lot of mail on my system for root originating from the cracklib cron entry. Many thanks. -- Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux v.2.1
Re: email from cracklib cron
Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary L. Hennigan) wrote:
| I have a system that I hadn't bothered adding dev/null to the
| appropriate place in /etc/cron.daily/cracklib to avoid the email
| (slink distribution). It's on a seldom used system and I just never
| bothered. I had hoped that the simple fix would be quickly uploaded
| and I wouldn't need to bother. Well, it finally got to the point that
| it was driving me crazy so I looked in the Debain mailing list archive
| and applied the /dev/null.
|
| Sorry to be a little dense, but where in the /etc/cron.daily/cracklib
| file do I put /dev/null?
|
| This is the first I have heard about the problem, though I have noticed
| a lot of mail on my system for root originating from the cracklib cron
| entry.
Here's the whole section. It's toward the end of
/etc/cron.daily/cracklib
if [ -n ${cracklib_dictpath_src} -a -n ${cracklib_dictpath} ]
then
/usr/sbin/crack_mkdict ${cracklib_dictpath_src} |\
/usr/sbin/crack_packer ${cracklib_dictpath} /dev/null
fi
Gary
email from cracklib cron
I have a system that I hadn't bothered adding dev/null to the appropriate place in /etc/cron.daily/cracklib to avoid the email (slink distribution). It's on a seldom used system and I just never bothered. I had hoped that the simple fix would be quickly uploaded and I wouldn't need to bother. Well, it finally got to the point that it was driving me crazy so I looked in the Debain mailing list archive and applied the /dev/null. My question is why hasn't this been fixed? Or perhaps it has and somehow my system just isn't up-to-date? Or was it deemed too simple a fix to warrant a new version of cracklib-runtime? Gary
Re: email from cracklib cron
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: I have a system that I hadn't bothered adding dev/null to the appropriate place in /etc/cron.daily/cracklib to avoid the email (slink distribution). It's on a seldom used system and I just never bothered. I had hoped that the simple fix would be quickly uploaded and I wouldn't need to bother. Well, it finally got to the point that it was driving me crazy so I looked in the Debain mailing list archive and applied the /dev/null. My question is why hasn't this been fixed? Or perhaps it has and somehow my system just isn't up-to-date? Or was it deemed too simple a fix to warrant a new version of cracklib-runtime? Alas, it was a part of Debian for so long that we must now leave it in for backward compatibility. It is now a standard macro for configure to grep the root mailbox for 'cracklib' to determine if the macro is being run on a Debian system. -Mitch -- The above is both unhelpful and untrue --Mitch Blevins
cracklib mail
I keep on getting bizarre mail from cracklib every single day with the following message: /etc/cron.daily/cracklib: 45375 45375 Looking in /etc/cron.daily/cracklib doesn't tell me why it's mailing me with those two numbers, and neither do the cracklib man pages. Any clues? Thanks, Max
Re: cracklib mail
On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Max wrote: I keep on getting bizarre mail from cracklib every single day with the following message: /etc/cron.daily/cracklib: 45375 45375 Looking in /etc/cron.daily/cracklib doesn't tell me why it's mailing me with those two numbers, and neither do the cracklib man pages. Any clues? /etc/cron.daily/cracklib reforms cracklib's cached dictionary database everyday using crack_packer. In my version, 2.7-5, the output is redirected to /dev/null. Which version are you using? -- Jean Pierre
Re: cracklib mail
-- Start of included mail From: Jean Pierre LeJacq [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Max wrote:
I keep on getting bizarre mail from cracklib every single day with the
following message:
/etc/cron.daily/cracklib:
45375 45375
Looking in /etc/cron.daily/cracklib doesn't tell me why it's mailing
me with those two numbers, and neither do the cracklib man pages. Any
clues?
/etc/cron.daily/cracklib reforms cracklib's cached dictionary
database everyday using crack_packer. In my version, 2.7-5, the
output is redirected to /dev/null. Which version are you using?
I'm using the same version, and here's the key section of my
/etc/cron.daily/cracklib:
/usr/sbin/crack_mkdict ${cracklib_dictpath_src} |\
/usr/sbin/crack_packer ${cracklib_dictpath}
The man page says that crack_packer creates 3 files, yet there's no
mention of anything being sent to standard output, so I don't know if
adding /dev/null to the end of the line will do anything, or will
it?
Max
Re: cracklib mail
On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Max wrote:
-- Start of included mail From: Jean Pierre LeJacq [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Max wrote:
I keep on getting bizarre mail from cracklib every single day with the
following message:
/etc/cron.daily/cracklib:
45375 45375
I'm using the same version, and here's the key section of my
/etc/cron.daily/cracklib:
/usr/sbin/crack_mkdict ${cracklib_dictpath_src} |\
/usr/sbin/crack_packer ${cracklib_dictpath}
The man page says that crack_packer creates 3 files, yet there's no
mention of anything being sent to standard output, so I don't know if
adding /dev/null to the end of the line will do anything, or will
it?
Ooops ... I have a locally modifed version. Yes, adding the
/dev/null at the end of the line will solve this problem.
I'm the maintainer for cracklib2. I'm planning on a new release in
the next few weeks and I'll fix this bug at the same time.
--
Jean Pierre
