samba - Jan 2001 - BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word

A non-root user is trying to change their password but cannot because of the
message:

BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word

They swear its not true.  Anyways, I was just curious where (if anywhere)
the config file lies for this functionality.  Do you know?  -mike

Mike,

Yes, that is a message.  I did a change of a new uers passwd last night.  I kept
getting this
message also.  Type the passwd again, and hit enter.  It will tell you that it
has taken.

I was also getting a message that it was a word in the dict.  It was a persons
name
that I was using.  

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On 1/15/2001 at 12:01 Mike O'Neill wrote:
>A non-root user is trying to change their password but cannot because of the
>message:
>
>BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
>
>They swear its not true.  Anyways, I was just curious where (if anywhere)
>the config file lies for this functionality.  Do you know?  -mike

Mike O'Neill writes:
> A non-root user is trying to change their password but cannot because of
the
> message:
> 
> BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
> 
> They swear its not true.  Anyways, I was just curious where (if anywhere)
> the config file lies for this functionality.  Do you know?  -mike
It should be in your pam configuration somewhere.  If you're
using linux look in /etc/pam.d/passwd.  There should be a line
like:

password required       pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=6 difok=3

which does the dictionary word checking stuff.


Tim.