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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[b4b71892] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[1b6c879] | 7 | <!ENTITY cracklib-url "https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib/releases/download">
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[9912ce81] | 8 |
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[1b6c879] | 9 | <!ENTITY cracklib-download-http "&cracklib-url;/v&cracklib-version;/cracklib-&cracklib-version;.tar.bz2">
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[306fb0e] | 10 | <!ENTITY cracklib-download-ftp " ">
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[056b5965] | 11 | <!ENTITY cracklib-md5sum "a242301bad13421476db8eecbbc9536a">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY cracklib-size "600 KB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY cracklib-buildsize "6.7 MB">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY cracklib-time "0.1 SBU">
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[1f4d911] | 15 |
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[a754697b] | 16 | <!ENTITY crackdict-download "&cracklib-url;/v&cracklib-version;/cracklib-words-&cracklib-version;.bz2">
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[5cd7055] | 17 | <!ENTITY crackdict-size "6.7 MB">
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| 18 | <!ENTITY crackdict-md5sum "94e9963e4786294f7fb0f2efd7618551">
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[b4b71892] | 19 | ]>
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| 20 |
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[8b1b2dc7] | 21 | <sect1 id="cracklib" xreflabel="CrackLib-&cracklib-version;">
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[9623b6e8] | 22 | <?dbhtml filename="cracklib.html"?>
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| 23 |
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| 24 |
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[8b1b2dc7] | 25 | <title>CrackLib-&cracklib-version;</title>
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[9623b6e8] | 26 |
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| 27 | <indexterm zone="cracklib">
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[8b1b2dc7] | 28 | <primary sortas="a-CrackLib">CrackLib</primary>
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[9623b6e8] | 29 | </indexterm>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect2 role="package">
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[8b1b2dc7] | 32 | <title>Introduction to CrackLib</title>
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[9623b6e8] | 33 |
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[47274444] | 34 | <para>
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| 35 | The <application>CrackLib</application> package contains a
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| 36 | library used to enforce strong passwords by comparing user selected
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| 37 | passwords to words in chosen word lists.
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| 38 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 39 |
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[dc1a45e] | 40 | &lfs113_checked;
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[5f4181d] | 41 |
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[9623b6e8] | 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 44 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&cracklib-download-http;"/>
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| 47 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 50 | <para>
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| 51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&cracklib-download-ftp;"/>
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| 52 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download MD5 sum: &cracklib-md5sum;
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| 57 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download size: &cracklib-size;
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| 62 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Estimated disk space required: &cracklib-buildsize;
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| 67 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Estimated build time: &cracklib-time;
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| 72 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | </itemizedlist>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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[8f1699f2] | 77 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[9623b6e8] | 78 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 79 | <para>
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| 80 | Recommended word list for English-speaking countries (size:
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| 81 | &crackdict-size;; md5sum: &crackdict-md5sum;):
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| 82 | <ulink url="&crackdict-download;"/>
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| 83 | </para>
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[22861b3] | 84 | </listitem>
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[9623b6e8] | 85 | </itemizedlist>
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| 86 |
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[47274444] | 87 | <para>
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| 88 | There are additional word lists available for download, e.g., from
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[cd29bc9] | 89 | <ulink url="https://wiki.skullsecurity.org/index.php/Passwords"/>.
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[47274444] | 90 | <application>CrackLib</application> can utilize as many, or as few word
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| 91 | lists you choose to install.
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| 92 | </para>
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[62494cc] | 93 |
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[22861b3] | 94 | <important>
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[47274444] | 95 | <para>
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| 96 | Users tend to base their passwords on regular words of the spoken
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| 97 | language, and crackers know that. <application>CrackLib</application>
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| 98 | is intended to filter out such bad passwords at the source using a
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| 99 | dictionary created from word lists. To accomplish this, the word
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| 100 | list(s) for use with <application>CrackLib</application> must be an
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| 101 | exhaustive list of words and word-based keystroke combinations likely
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| 102 | to be chosen by users of the system as (guessable) passwords.
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| 103 | </para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>
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| 106 | The default word list recommended above for downloading mostly
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| 107 | satisfies this role in English-speaking countries. In other situations,
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| 108 | it may be necessary to download (or even create) additional word lists.
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>
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| 112 | Note that word lists suitable for spell-checking are not usable
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| 113 | as <application>CrackLib</application> word lists in countries with
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| 114 | non-Latin based alphabets, because of <quote>word-based keystroke
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| 115 | combinations</quote> that make bad passwords.
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| 116 | </para>
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[22861b3] | 117 | </important>
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[5156197] | 118 |
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[3597eb6] | 119 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[8f1699f2] | 120 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/cracklib"/>
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| 121 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 122 | </sect2>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[8b1b2dc7] | 125 | <title>Installation of CrackLib</title>
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[4f65b2f] | 126 |
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[47274444] | 127 | <para>
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| 128 | Install <application>CrackLib</application> by running the following
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| 129 | commands:
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| 130 | </para>
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[b4b71892] | 131 |
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[4b3110c8] | 132 | <screen><userinput>autoreconf -fiv &&
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[806e763] | 133 |
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[fb3a93b3] | 134 | PYTHON=python3 \
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[806e763] | 135 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 136 | --disable-static \
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[2eb2948] | 137 | --with-default-dict=/usr/lib/cracklib/pw_dict &&
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[8b1b2dc7] | 138 | make</userinput></screen>
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[b4b71892] | 139 |
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[47274444] | 140 | <para>
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| 141 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 142 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 143 |
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[2eb2948] | 144 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[22861b3] | 145 |
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[47274444] | 146 | <para>
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| 147 | Issue the following commands as the
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| 148 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the
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| 149 | recommended word list and create the <application>CrackLib</application>
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| 150 | dictionary. Other word lists (text based, one word per line) can also be
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| 151 | used by simply installing them into
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| 152 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/dict</filename> and adding them
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| 153 | to the <command>create-cracklib-dict</command> command.
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| 154 | </para>
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[22861b3] | 155 |
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[5cd7055] | 156 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D ../cracklib-words-&cracklib-version;.bz2 \
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| 157 | /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words.bz2 &&
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[806e763] | 158 |
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[5cd7055] | 159 | bunzip2 -v /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words.bz2 &&
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[efd93087] | 160 | ln -v -sf cracklib-words /usr/share/dict/words &&
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| 161 | echo $(hostname) >> /usr/share/dict/cracklib-extra-words &&
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[2eb2948] | 162 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/lib/cracklib &&
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[806e763] | 163 |
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| 164 | create-cracklib-dict /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words \
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[efd93087] | 165 | /usr/share/dict/cracklib-extra-words</userinput></screen>
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[8b1b2dc7] | 166 |
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[47274444] | 167 | <para>
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| 168 | If desired, check the proper operation of the library as an
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| 169 | unprivileged user by issuing the following command:
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| 170 | </para>
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[a4440544] | 171 |
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[e7d4e823] | 172 | <screen remap="test"><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
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[9623b6e8] | 173 |
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[c6bdcb0] | 174 | <important>
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[47274444] | 175 | <para>
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| 176 | If you are installing <application>CrackLib</application> after
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| 177 | your LFS system has been completed and you have the
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| 178 | <application>Shadow</application> package installed, you must
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| 179 | reinstall <xref linkend="shadow"/> if you wish to provide strong
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| 180 | password support on your system. If you are now going to install the
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| 181 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/> package, you may disregard this note as
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| 182 | <application>Shadow</application> will be reinstalled after the
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| 183 | <application>Linux-PAM</application> installation.
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| 184 | </para>
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[c6bdcb0] | 185 | </important>
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| 186 |
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[9623b6e8] | 187 | </sect2>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 190 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 191 |
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[47274444] | 192 | <para>
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| 193 | <command>sed -i '/skipping/d' util/packer.c</command>:
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| 194 | Remove a meaningless warning.
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| 195 | </para>
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[806e763] | 196 |
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[fb3a93b3] | 197 | <para>
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| 198 | <command>autoreconf -fiv</command>: The configure script shipped with
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| 199 | the package is too old to get the right version string of Python
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| 200 | 3.10 or later. This command regenerates it with a more recent version
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| 201 | of autotools, which fixes the issue.
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| 202 | </para>
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| 203 |
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[0f0dc82] | 204 | <para>
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| 205 | <envar>PYTHON=python3</envar>: This forces the installation of
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| 206 | python bindings for Python 3, even if Python 2 is installed.
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| 207 | </para>
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[fb3a93b3] | 208 | <!-- fixed by autoreconf
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[0f0dc82] | 209 | <para>
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| 210 | <envar>CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/python&python3-majorver;</envar>:
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| 211 | This works around an issue caused by incorrect usage of Python 3
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| 212 | headers.
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| 213 | </para>
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[fb3a93b3] | 214 | -->
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[47274444] | 215 | <para>
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| 216 | <parameter>--with-default-dict=/lib/cracklib/pw_dict</parameter>:
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| 217 | This parameter forces the installation of the
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| 218 | <application>CrackLib</application> dictionary to the
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| 219 | <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> hierarchy.
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| 220 | </para>
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[8f1699f2] | 221 |
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| 222 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 223 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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[8b1b2dc7] | 224 |
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[47274444] | 225 | <para>
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| 226 | <command>install -v -m644 -D ...</command>: This command creates the
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| 227 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/dict</filename> directory (if it
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| 228 | doesn't already exist) and installs the compressed word list there.
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| 229 | </para>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <para>
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| 232 | <command>ln -v -s cracklib-words /usr/share/dict/words</command>: The
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| 233 | word list is linked to <filename>/usr/share/dict/words</filename> as
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| 234 | historically, <filename>words</filename> is the primary word list in the
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| 235 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/dict</filename> directory. Omit
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| 236 | this command if you already have a
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| 237 | <filename>/usr/share/dict/words</filename> file installed on your system.
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| 238 | </para>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <para>
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| 241 | <command>echo $(hostname) >>...</command>: The value of
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| 242 | <command>hostname</command> is echoed to a file called
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| 243 | <filename>cracklib-extra-words</filename>. This extra file is intended
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| 244 | to be a site specific list which includes easy to guess passwords such
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| 245 | as company or department names, user names, product names, computer
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| 246 | names, domain names, etc.
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| 247 | </para>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <para>
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| 250 | <command>create-cracklib-dict ...</command>: This command creates the
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| 251 | <application>CrackLib</application> dictionary from the word lists.
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| 252 | Modify the command to add any additional word lists you have installed.
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| 253 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 254 |
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| 255 | </sect2>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 258 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <segmentedlist>
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| 261 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 262 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[d80152af] | 263 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[9623b6e8] | 264 |
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| 265 | <seglistitem>
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[8b1b2dc7] | 266 | <seg>cracklib-check, cracklib-format, cracklib-packer,
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| 267 | cracklib-unpacker and create-cracklib-dict</seg>
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[d456f78c] | 268 |
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[0f0dc82] | 269 | <seg>libcrack.so and the _cracklib.so
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| 270 | (<application>Python</application> module)</seg>
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[0d7900a] | 271 |
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[1976445] | 272 | <seg>/lib/cracklib, /usr/share/dict and /usr/share/cracklib</seg>
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[9623b6e8] | 273 | </seglistitem>
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| 274 | </segmentedlist>
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| 275 |
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| 276 | <variablelist>
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| 277 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 278 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 279 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 280 |
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[efd93087] | 281 | <varlistentry id="cracklib-check">
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| 282 | <term><command>cracklib-check</command></term>
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| 283 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 284 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 285 | is used to determine if a password is strong
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[47274444] | 286 | </para>
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[efd93087] | 287 | <indexterm zone="cracklib cracklib-check">
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| 288 | <primary sortas="b-cracklib-check">cracklib-check</primary>
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| 289 | </indexterm>
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| 290 | </listitem>
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| 291 | </varlistentry>
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| 292 |
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[c2de366] | 293 | <varlistentry id="cracklib-format">
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| 294 | <term><command>cracklib-format</command></term>
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| 295 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 296 | <para>
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| 297 | is used to format text files (lowercases all words,
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[4c24eb0a] | 298 | removes control characters and sorts the lists)
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[47274444] | 299 | </para>
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[c2de366] | 300 | <indexterm zone="cracklib cracklib-format">
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| 301 | <primary sortas="b-cracklib-format">cracklib-format</primary>
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| 302 | </indexterm>
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| 303 | </listitem>
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| 304 | </varlistentry>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <varlistentry id="cracklib-packer">
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| 307 | <term><command>cracklib-packer</command></term>
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| 308 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 309 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 310 | creates a database with words read from standard input
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[47274444] | 311 | </para>
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[c2de366] | 312 | <indexterm zone="cracklib cracklib-packer">
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| 313 | <primary sortas="b-cracklib-packer">cracklib-packer</primary>
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| 314 | </indexterm>
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| 315 | </listitem>
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| 316 | </varlistentry>
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| 317 |
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| 318 | <varlistentry id="cracklib-unpacker">
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| 319 | <term><command>cracklib-unpacker</command></term>
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| 320 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 321 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 322 | displays on standard output the database specified
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[47274444] | 323 | </para>
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[c2de366] | 324 | <indexterm zone="cracklib cracklib-packer">
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| 325 | <primary sortas="b-cracklib-packer">cracklib-packer</primary>
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| 326 | </indexterm>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 |
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[8b1b2dc7] | 330 | <varlistentry id="create-cracklib-dict">
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[0170790e] | 331 | <term><command>create-cracklib-dict</command></term>
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[8b1b2dc7] | 332 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 333 | <para>
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| 334 | is used to create the <application>CrackLib</application>
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[4c24eb0a] | 335 | dictionary from the given word list(s)
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[47274444] | 336 | </para>
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[8b1b2dc7] | 337 | <indexterm zone="cracklib create-cracklib-dict">
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| 338 | <primary sortas="b-create-cracklib-dict">create-cracklib-dict</primary>
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| 339 | </indexterm>
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| 340 | </listitem>
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| 341 | </varlistentry>
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| 342 |
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[9623b6e8] | 343 | <varlistentry id="libcrack">
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[8f1699f2] | 344 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrack.so</filename></term>
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[9623b6e8] | 345 | <listitem>
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[47274444] | 346 | <para>
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| 347 | provides a fast dictionary lookup method for strong
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[4c24eb0a] | 348 | password enforcement
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[47274444] | 349 | </para>
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[9623b6e8] | 350 | <indexterm zone="cracklib libcrack">
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[d456f78c] | 351 | <primary sortas="c-libcrack">libcrack.so</primary>
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[9623b6e8] | 352 | </indexterm>
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| 353 | </listitem>
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| 354 | </varlistentry>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | </variablelist>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | </sect2>
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[fa48bf3] | 359 |
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| 360 | </sect1>
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