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Re: sudo and cracklib



On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Ben Collins wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 15, 1999 at 06:26:01PM -0500, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote:
>
> Personaly I don't see why the dictionary needs to be regenerated on
a
> nightly basis considering the fact that it hardly ever changes except
> after installing new dictionaries, which could be done in the postinst
> of that disctionary. The command could then be left for the admin to
> call if she/he installs distionaries by hand.
> 
> As a matter of fact, I think I'll file a bug to this affect.

My thinking here was that word lists could be generated from any
number of sources including files such as /etc/passwd.  These could
potentially change daily.

-- 
Jean Pierre



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