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Bug 114690 - cracklib dictionaries never regenerated
Summary: cracklib dictionaries never regenerated
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2005-12-06 20:18 UTC by Philippe Troin
Modified: 2008-10-12 09:06 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Suggested /etc/cron.weekly/cracklib script. (cracklib,134 bytes, text/plain)
2005-12-06 20:19 UTC, Philippe Troin 		Details
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Description Philippe Troin 2005-12-06 20:18:06 UTC 
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 Philippe Troin 2005-12-06 20:19:07 UTC 
Created attachment 74202 [details]
Suggested /etc/cron.weekly/cracklib script.
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-12-06 21:38:10 UTC 
Comment on attachment 74202 [details]
Suggested /etc/cron.weekly/cracklib script.

a cronjob is overkill for something that rarely gets updated
Comment 3 Philippe Troin 2005-12-06 21:49:57 UTC 
Then propose an other way to regenerate the cracklib database whenever a file is
added to /usr/share/dict...
Comment 4 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2006-12-29 18:21:20 UTC 
fixed in cracklib pkg_postinst()
Comment 6 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2008-02-24 11:02:45 UTC 
sep issue