Why do I see "pam_cracklib(passwd:chauthtok): pam_get_authtok_verify returned error: Failed preliminary check by password service" ?
Issue
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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
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What causes the error to be output?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- PAM
- passwd
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