The password check uses pam's 'cracklib' interface. For some details on this features see /usr/share/doc/pam-0.75/txts/README.pam_cracklib
'cracklib' uses a wordlist from /usr/share/dict/words . some details about cracklib: http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~crypto/download/cracklib,2.7.txt On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 05:50:25 +0900 "ALBEE,RUSSELL. S FC2 (CV63 CS5)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How does passwd determine if a password is based off a dictionary word or > not? Is there a file somewhere it references, a dictionary built into > the code, or a algorithim it uses to check the password? > > Thanks, > > Russell > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Collaborative Intrusion Detection join http://www.dshield.org
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