BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word

[Mike O'Neill]

>> 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, thanks.  My pam looks a bit different.  But at least I know where to
look now.

[root]# less /etc/pam.d/passwd
#%PAM-1.0
auth       required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
account    required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
password   required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth