The FascistCheck function from cracklib returns an error "you are not registered in the password file"

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Issue

  • The FascistCheck function from the cracklib library returns an error "you are not registered in the password file"
$ gcc -o cracktest cracktest.c -lcrack
$ ./cracktest badpassword
you are not registered in the password file

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • cracklib-2.8.16-4.el6

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