[Bug 1909596] Re: Error on trying to change password

[Steve Beattie]

Hi, it seems that for some reason cracklib has failed to generate
/var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd (or
/var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd.gz).

There is a daily cronjob that is supposed to regenerate
/var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd if the dictionaries it used as
input are newer. I'm not sure why it's not generating your file
correctly; you can manually run it via `sudo sh -xe  /usr/sbin/update-
cracklib` to see what's going wrong.

Also, for diagnostic purposes without needed to attempt to change the
passwd, you can do `echo PASSWD | cracklib-check` to see if it is
functioning correctly.

It would be good to work out how your system got in this state.

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Title:
  Error on trying to change password

Status in cracklib2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Package shadow is suggested, but I'm unsure.

  I tried this after fresh installation (dual boot):

  $ passwd
  Changing password for stefan.
  Current password: 
  New password: 
  /var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd.gz: No such file or directory
  BAD PASSWORD: The password fails the dictionary check - error loading dictionary
  New password: 

  Changing to new password is not possible.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
  Package: passwd 1:4.8.1-1ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-33.36-generic 5.8.17
  Uname: Linux 5.8.0-33-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Tue Dec 29 18:41:26 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-29 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
  SourcePackage: shadow
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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