I have created new users and changed his/her password lots of times on Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Desktop, Server, Live... etc.
But, since a few weeks ago (I think it is due to the last system update), I am having problems at password management on my Ubuntu Server v14.04.1 LTS (sorry, my Ubuntu is in spanish, but I think it is easy to understand the issue):
luis@Balanceador:~$ sudo adduser prueba [sudo] password for luis: Anadiendo el usuario `prueba' ... Anadiendo el nuevo grupo `prueba' (1002) ... Anadiendo el nuevo usuario `prueba' (1002) con grupo `prueba' ... Creando el directorio personal `/home/prueba' ... Copiando los ficheros desde `/etc/skel' ... Nueva contrasena: /var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd: No existe el archivo o el directorio BAD PASSWORD: The password fails the dictionary check - error cargando diccionario Vuelva a escribir la nueva contrasena: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for prueba The main problem translates to: /var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd: No such file or directory.
Same behavior for changing passwords:
luis@Balanceador:~$ sudo passwd prueba Nueva contrasena: /var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.pwd: No existe el archivo o el directorio BAD PASSWORD: The password fails the dictionary check - error cargando diccionario Vuelva a escribir la nueva contrasena: passwd: password updated successfully The password seems to be set OK, but I think it could be good to repair this bad password verification system.
How can I solve it?
1 Answer
Installing the package crack-lib solved it for me:
sudo apt-get install cracklib-runtime I had it working fine too, but one day (after some update) it disappeared.
