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Operating Systems Solaris Can't change users passwd Post 302912484 by solizkewl on Friday 8th of August 2014 01:25:49 PM
Old 08-08-2014
Can't change users passwd

Have an issue with a user or root changing the user's passwd.
We run the passwd command and a complex passwd is entered a message is displayed,
"passwd is based on a dictionary word."
We do have a dictionary file and I know for a fact the complex passwd is not in the list. This happens on a couple of servers and the only way to change passwd is to disable dictionarylist in /etc/default/passwd file. Any solutions to this problem?

Thanks.

Sol. 10 w/latest patchset
 

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mkpwdict(1M)                                              System Administration Commands                                              mkpwdict(1M)

NAME
mkpwdict - maintain password-strength checking database SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/mkpwdict [-s dict1,... ,dictN] [-d destination-path] DESCRIPTION
The mkpwdict command adds words to the dictionary-lookup database used by pam_authtok_check(5) and passwd(1). Files containing words to be added to the database can be specified on the command-line using the -s flag. These source files should have a single word per line, much like /usr/share/lib/dict/words. If -s is omitted, mkpwdict will use the value of DICTIONLIST specified in /etc/default/passwd (see passwd(1)). The database is created in the directory specified by the -d option. If this option is omitted, mkpwdict uses the value of DICTIONDBDIR specified in /etc/default/passwd (see passwd(1)). The default location is /var/passwd. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -s Specifies a comma-separated list of files containing words to be added to the dictionary-lookup database. -d Specifies the target location of the dictionary-database. FILES
/etc/default/passwd See passwd(1). /var/passwd default destination directory ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
passwd(1), attributes(5), pam_authtok_check(5) SunOS 5.10 1 Jun 2004 mkpwdict(1M)
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