update-cracklib(8) System Manager's Manual update-cracklib(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

update-cracklib - Regenerate cracklib dictionary

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**update-cracklib**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**update-cracklib** builds a compressed and accumulated version of wordlists stored in the directories given in cracklib's configuration file /etc/cracklib/cracklib.conf. Programs using cracklib2 need this database to be of any use.

By default this script is called by cron every day.

# [RESULT](#RESULT)

**update-cracklib** prints out two numbers: the number of words read from the ASCII dictionaries and the number of words eventually written into the cracklib database; if no error occurred, these should be equal.

0 is returned on success, otherwise an error message is printed to standard error and -1 is returned.

# [FILES](#FILES)

**/etc/cracklib/cracklib.conf**

shell script that sets **cracklib\_dictpath\_src** which must be a space separated list of source dictionary files.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**cracklib**(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/cracklib/cracklib.3), [**crack\_mkdict**(8)](/man/enterprise-packages/cracklib/crack_mkdict.8)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

This program and manual page was written by Martin Pitt <martin@piware.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by others).

June 9, 2003 Martin Pitt

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Document: cracklib-update(8) from cracklib 2.10.3-r46 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib