Bug 114690 - cracklib dictionaries never regenerated
Bug#: 114690 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: All Status: RESOLVED Severity: enhancement Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: base-system@gentoo.org Reported By: phil@fifi.org
Component: Applications
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Summary: cracklib dictionaries never regenerated
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2005-12-06 20:18 0000
Description:   Opened: 2005-12-06 20:18 0000 
The cracklib dictionnaries are never regenerated.

For example, if cracklib-words is installed, the cracklib database never picks
up the expanded word lists (/usr/share/dict/cracklib-words).

I'd suggest running create-cracklib-dict in a cronjob.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

------- Comment #1 From Philippe Troin 2005-12-06 20:19:07 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=74202) [details]
Suggested /etc/cron.weekly/cracklib script.

------- Comment #2 From SpanKY 2005-12-06 21:38:10 0000 ------- 
(From update of attachment 74202 [details])
a cronjob is overkill for something that rarely gets updated

------- Comment #3 From Philippe Troin 2005-12-06 21:49:57 0000 ------- 
Then propose an other way to regenerate the cracklib database whenever a file
is
added to /usr/share/dict...

------- Comment #4 From SpanKY 2006-12-29 18:21:20 0000 ------- 
fixed in cracklib pkg_postinst()

------- Comment #5 From Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2008-02-06 15:45:09 0000 ------- 
This caused a nice borkage in Bug 195017, reopening.

http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/sys-libs/cracklib/cracklib-2.8.9-r1.ebuild?hideattic=0&r1=1.11&r2=1.12

------- Comment #6 From SpanKY 2008-02-24 11:02:45 0000 ------- 
sep issue