Changeset 1976445

Timestamp:

11/24/2005 05:22:16 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/python-mods, qt5new, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

c35d927

Parents:

14e13a0c

Message:

Modified the CrackLib installation commands to work with the new version

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@5301 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• postlfs/security/cracklib.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
-          <para>[randy] - Updated to CrackLib-2.8.6.</para>
+          <para>[randy] - Updated to CrackLib-2.8.6 and modified the
+          installation commands to work with the newer version.</para>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>

postlfs/security/cracklib.xml

@@ -118 +118 @@
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/lib &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
+            --with-default-dict=/lib/cracklib/pw_dict &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -127 +128 @@
 ln -v -sf ../../lib/libcrack.so.2.8.0 /usr/lib/libcrack.so</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>The following commands can be used to install the recommended word
-    list. Other word lists (text based, one word per line) can also be used by
-    simply installing them into
-    <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/dict</filename>.</para>
+    <para>Issue the following commands as the
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the
+    recommended word list and create the <application>CrackLib</application>
+    dictionary. Other word lists (text based, one word per line) can also be
+    used by simply installing them into
+    <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/dict</filename> and adding them
+    to the <command>create-cracklib-dict</command> command.</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D ../cracklib-words.gz \
@@ -137 +141 @@
 ln -v -s cracklib-words /usr/share/dict/words &amp;&amp;
 echo $(hostname) >>/usr/share/dict/cracklib-extra-words &amp;&amp;
+install -v -m755 -d /lib/cracklib &amp;&amp;
 create-cracklib-dict /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words \
                      /usr/share/dict/cracklib-extra-words</userinput></screen>
@@ -150 +155 @@
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
-    <para><parameter>--datadir=/lib</parameter>: This parameter forces the
-    installation of the <application>CrackLib</application> dictionary to the
+    <para><parameter>--with-default-dict=/lib/cracklib/pw_dict</parameter>:
+    This parameter forces the installation of the
+    <application>CrackLib</application> dictionary to the
     <filename class='directory'>/lib</filename> hierarchy.</para>
 
@@ -198 +204 @@
         <seg>cracklib-check, cracklib-format, cracklib-packer,
         cracklib-unpacker and create-cracklib-dict</seg>
-        <seg>libcrack.[so,a] and optionally, libcrack_heimdal.[so,a]</seg>
-        <seg>/lib/cracklib and /usr/share/dict</seg>
+        <seg>libcrack.[so,a] and optionally, libcrack_heimdal.[so,a] and
+        cracklibmodule.[so,a] <application>Python</application> module</seg>
+        <seg>/lib/cracklib, /usr/share/dict and /usr/share/cracklib</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>