5 kx .TH update\-cracklib 8 "June 09, 2003" "Martin Pitt"
5 kx .SH NAME
5 kx update\-cracklib \- Regenerate cracklib dictionary
5 kx .SH SYNOPSIS
5 kx .B update\-cracklib
5 kx .br
5 kx
5 kx .SH DESCRIPTION
5 kx .B update\-cracklib
5 kx builds a compressed and accumulated version of wordlists stored in the
5 kx directories given in cracklib's configuration file
5 kx /etc/cracklib/cracklib.conf. Programs using cracklib need this
5 kx database to be of any use.
5 kx .PP
5 kx By default this script is called by cron every day.
5 kx
5 kx .SH RESULT
5 kx .B
5 kx update\-cracklib
5 kx prints out two numbers: the number of words read from the ASCII
5 kx dictionaries and the number of words eventually written into the
5 kx cracklib database; if no error occurred, these should be equal.
5 kx .PP
5 kx 0 is returned on success, otherwise an error message is printed to
5 kx standard error and \-1 is returned.
5 kx
5 kx .SH FILES
5 kx .TP
5 kx .B /etc/cracklib/cracklib.conf
5 kx shell script that sets
5 kx .B
5 kx cracklib_dictpath_src
5 kx which must be a space separated list of source dictionary files.
5 kx
5 kx .SH SEE ALSO
5 kx .BR cracklib (3),
5 kx .BR crack_mkdict (8)
5 kx
5 kx .SH AUTHOR
5 kx This program and manual page was written by Martin Pitt
5 kx <martin@piware.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by
5 kx others).