Why do I see "pam_cracklib(passwd:chauthtok): pam_get_authtok_verify returned error: Failed preliminary check by password service" ?

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Issue

  • The following error is seen in /var/log/messages:

    passwd: pam_cracklib(passwd:chauthtok): pam_get_authtok_verify returned error: Failed preliminary check by password service
    
  • What causes the error to be output?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • PAM
  • passwd

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