[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#1086182: passwd: Can't change the password because the lack of a dictionary

Chris Hofstaedtler zeha at debian.org
Mon Oct 28 16:47:40 GMT 2024


Control: reassign -1 libpam-cracklib

On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 10:30:15AM -0400, Bruno dos Santos wrote:
> 	echo "bruno:amjr0000" | sudo chpasswd
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> 	/var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd: No such file or directory
> 	BAD PASSWORD: The password fails the dictionary check - error loading dictionary

Seems to be a problem in libpam-cracklib or your local
configuration.

Please provide the output of these commands:

  dpkg -l libpam-cracklib cracklib2-runtime

  cat /etc/pam.d/passwd

  cat /etc/pam.d/common-password


Chris



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