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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY cracklib-url "https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib/releases/download">
8
9 <!ENTITY cracklib-download-http "&cracklib-url;/v&cracklib-version;/cracklib-&cracklib-version;.tar.xz">
10 <!ENTITY cracklib-download-ftp " ">
11 <!ENTITY cracklib-md5sum "a99e0aef4c677df7063624690b634988">
12 <!ENTITY cracklib-size "456 KB">
13 <!ENTITY cracklib-buildsize "5.0 MB">
14 <!ENTITY cracklib-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
15
16 <!ENTITY crackdict-download "&cracklib-url;/v&cracklib-version;/cracklib-words-&cracklib-version;.xz">
17 <!ENTITY crackdict-size "4.0 MB">
18 <!ENTITY crackdict-md5sum "f27804022dbf2682a7f7c353317f9a53">
19]>
20
21<sect1 id="cracklib" xreflabel="CrackLib-&cracklib-version;">
22 <?dbhtml filename="cracklib.html"?>
23
24
25 <title>CrackLib-&cracklib-version;</title>
26
27 <indexterm zone="cracklib">
28 <primary sortas="a-CrackLib">CrackLib</primary>
29 </indexterm>
30
31 <sect2 role="package">
32 <title>Introduction to CrackLib</title>
33
34 <para>
35 The <application>CrackLib</application> package contains a
36 library used to enforce strong passwords by comparing user selected
37 passwords to words in chosen word lists.
38 </para>
39
40 &lfs122_checked;
41
42 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
43 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
44 <listitem>
45 <para>
46 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&cracklib-download-http;"/>
47 </para>
48 </listitem>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>
51 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&cracklib-download-ftp;"/>
52 </para>
53 </listitem>
54 <listitem>
55 <para>
56 Download MD5 sum: &cracklib-md5sum;
57 </para>
58 </listitem>
59 <listitem>
60 <para>
61 Download size: &cracklib-size;
62 </para>
63 </listitem>
64 <listitem>
65 <para>
66 Estimated disk space required: &cracklib-buildsize;
67 </para>
68 </listitem>
69 <listitem>
70 <para>
71 Estimated build time: &cracklib-time;
72 </para>
73 </listitem>
74 </itemizedlist>
75
76 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
77 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
78 <para>Recommended word list for English-speaking countries:</para>
79 <listitem>
80 <para>
81 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&crackdict-download;"/>
82 </para>
83 </listitem>
84 <listitem>
85 <para>
86 Download MD5 sum: &crackdict-md5sum;
87 </para>
88 </listitem>
89 <listitem>
90 <para>
91 Download size: &crackdict-size;
92 </para>
93 </listitem>
94 </itemizedlist>
95
96 <para>
97 There are additional word lists available for download, e.g., from
98 <ulink url="https://wiki.skullsecurity.org/index.php/Passwords"/>.
99 <application>CrackLib</application> can utilize as many, or as few word
100 lists you choose to install.
101 </para>
102
103 <important>
104 <para>
105 Users tend to base their passwords on regular words of the spoken
106 language, and crackers know that. <application>CrackLib</application>
107 is intended to filter out such bad passwords at the source using a
108 dictionary created from word lists. To accomplish this, the word
109 list(s) for use with <application>CrackLib</application> must be an
110 exhaustive list of words and word-based keystroke combinations likely
111 to be chosen by users of the system as (guessable) passwords.
112 </para>
113
114 <para>
115 The default word list recommended above for downloading mostly
116 satisfies this role in English-speaking countries. In other situations,
117 it may be necessary to download (or even create) additional word lists.
118 </para>
119
120 <para>
121 Note that word lists suitable for spell-checking are not usable
122 as <application>CrackLib</application> word lists in countries with
123 non-Latin based alphabets, because of <quote>word-based keystroke
124 combinations</quote> that make bad passwords.
125 </para>
126 </important>
127
128 </sect2>
129
130 <sect2 role="installation">
131 <title>Installation of CrackLib</title>
132
133 <para>
134 Install <application>CrackLib</application> by running the following
135 commands:
136 </para>
137
138<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
139 --disable-static \
140 --with-default-dict=/usr/lib/cracklib/pw_dict &amp;&amp;
141make</userinput></screen>
142
143 <para>
144 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
145 </para>
146
147<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
148
149 <para>
150 Issue the following commands as the
151 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the
152 recommended word list and create the <application>CrackLib</application>
153 dictionary. Other word lists (text based, one word per line) can also be
154 used by simply installing them into
155 <filename class="directory">/usr/share/dict</filename> and adding them
156 to the <command>create-cracklib-dict</command> command.
157 </para>
158
159<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D ../cracklib-words-&cracklib-version;.xz \
160 /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words.xz &amp;&amp;
161
162unxz -v /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words.xz &amp;&amp;
163ln -v -sf cracklib-words /usr/share/dict/words &amp;&amp;
164echo $(hostname) >> /usr/share/dict/cracklib-extra-words &amp;&amp;
165install -v -m755 -d /usr/lib/cracklib &amp;&amp;
166
167create-cracklib-dict /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words \
168 /usr/share/dict/cracklib-extra-words</userinput></screen>
169
170 <para>
171 If desired, check the proper operation of the library as an
172 unprivileged user by issuing the following command:
173 </para>
174
175<screen remap="test"><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
176
177 <important>
178 <para>
179 If you are installing <application>CrackLib</application> after
180 your LFS system has been completed and you have the
181 <application>Shadow</application> package installed, you must
182 reinstall <xref linkend="shadow"/> if you wish to provide strong
183 password support on your system. If you are now going to install the
184 <xref linkend="linux-pam"/> package, you may disregard this note as
185 <application>Shadow</application> will be reinstalled after the
186 <application>Linux-PAM</application> installation.
187 </para>
188 </important>
189
190 </sect2>
191
192 <sect2 role="commands">
193 <title>Command Explanations</title>
194
195<!-- not needed with 2.10.2
196 <para>
197 <command>autoreconf -fiv</command>: The configure script shipped with
198 the package is too old to get the right version string of Python
199 3.10 or later. This command regenerates it with a more recent version
200 of autotools, which fixes the issue.
201 </para>
202
203 <para>
204 <envar>PYTHON=python3</envar>: This forces the installation of
205 python bindings for Python 3, even if Python 2 is installed.
206 </para>
207-->
208
209 <para>
210 <parameter>--with-default-dict=/usr/lib/cracklib/pw_dict</parameter>:
211 This parameter forces the installation of the
212 <application>CrackLib</application> dictionary to the
213 <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> hierarchy.
214 </para>
215
216 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
217 href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
218
219 <para>
220 <command>install -v -m644 -D ...</command>: This command creates the
221 <filename class="directory">/usr/share/dict</filename> directory (if it
222 doesn't already exist) and installs the compressed word list there.
223 </para>
224
225 <para>
226 <command>ln -v -s cracklib-words /usr/share/dict/words</command>: The
227 word list is linked to <filename>/usr/share/dict/words</filename> as
228 historically, <filename>words</filename> is the primary word list in the
229 <filename class="directory">/usr/share/dict</filename> directory. Omit
230 this command if you already have a
231 <filename>/usr/share/dict/words</filename> file installed on your system.
232 </para>
233
234 <para>
235 <command>echo $(hostname) >>...</command>: The value of
236 <command>hostname</command> is echoed to a file called
237 <filename>cracklib-extra-words</filename>. This extra file is intended
238 to be a site specific list which includes easy to guess passwords such
239 as company or department names, user names, product names, computer
240 names, domain names, etc.
241 </para>
242
243 <para>
244 <command>create-cracklib-dict ...</command>: This command creates the
245 <application>CrackLib</application> dictionary from the word lists.
246 Modify the command to add any additional word lists you have installed.
247 </para>
248
249 </sect2>
250
251 <sect2 role="content">
252 <title>Contents</title>
253
254 <segmentedlist>
255 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
256 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
257 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
258
259 <seglistitem>
260 <seg>cracklib-check, cracklib-format, cracklib-packer,
261 cracklib-unpacker, cracklib-update, and create-cracklib-dict</seg>
262
263 <seg>libcrack.so and the _cracklib.so
264 (<application>Python</application> module)</seg>
265
266 <seg>/usr/lib/cracklib, /usr/share/dict and /usr/share/cracklib</seg>
267 </seglistitem>
268 </segmentedlist>
269
270 <variablelist>
271 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
272 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
273 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
274
275 <varlistentry id="cracklib-check">
276 <term><command>cracklib-check</command></term>
277 <listitem>
278 <para>
279 is used to determine if a password is strong
280 </para>
281 <indexterm zone="cracklib cracklib-check">
282 <primary sortas="b-cracklib-check">cracklib-check</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry id="cracklib-format">
288 <term><command>cracklib-format</command></term>
289 <listitem>
290 <para>
291 is used to format text files (lowercases all words,
292 removes control characters and sorts the lists)
293 </para>
294 <indexterm zone="cracklib cracklib-format">
295 <primary sortas="b-cracklib-format">cracklib-format</primary>
296 </indexterm>
297 </listitem>
298 </varlistentry>
299
300 <varlistentry id="cracklib-packer">
301 <term><command>cracklib-packer</command></term>
302 <listitem>
303 <para>
304 creates a database with words read from standard input
305 </para>
306 <indexterm zone="cracklib cracklib-packer">
307 <primary sortas="b-cracklib-packer">cracklib-packer</primary>
308 </indexterm>
309 </listitem>
310 </varlistentry>
311
312 <varlistentry id="cracklib-unpacker">
313 <term><command>cracklib-unpacker</command></term>
314 <listitem>
315 <para>
316 displays on standard output the database specified
317 </para>
318 <indexterm zone="cracklib cracklib-packer">
319 <primary sortas="b-cracklib-packer">cracklib-packer</primary>
320 </indexterm>
321 </listitem>
322 </varlistentry>
323
324 <varlistentry id="create-cracklib-dict">
325 <term><command>create-cracklib-dict</command></term>
326 <listitem>
327 <para>
328 is used to create the <application>CrackLib</application>
329 dictionary from the given word list(s)
330 </para>
331 <indexterm zone="cracklib create-cracklib-dict">
332 <primary sortas="b-create-cracklib-dict">create-cracklib-dict</primary>
333 </indexterm>
334 </listitem>
335 </varlistentry>
336
337 <varlistentry id="libcrack">
338 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrack.so</filename></term>
339 <listitem>
340 <para>
341 provides a fast dictionary lookup method for strong
342 password enforcement
343 </para>
344 <indexterm zone="cracklib libcrack">
345 <primary sortas="c-libcrack">libcrack.so</primary>
346 </indexterm>
347 </listitem>
348 </varlistentry>
349
350 </variablelist>
351
352 </sect2>
353
354</sect1>
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