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[cobalt-security] cracklib question



Hi Yah,

Been checking out a server for one of my friends - he has leased it from a well known colo centre.

I've just been installing IPChains, chkrootkit, ssh, logcheck and all the other essentials for him - so he doesn't have to got through some of the heartache I went through after leasing some servers.

Had a snoop through some of the directories as su (ssh2 of course) and found these 3 files hidden away in usr/lib

cracklib_dict.hwm
cracklib_dict.pwd
cracklib_dict.pwi

Now I know this is for testing passwords for vulnerabilities - surely this wouldn't be standard installation files would it?

I think he might be a bit cheesed if it isn't

Regards

Chae