echo "password" | cracklib-check command failed with error "/usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict: error reading header"
Issue
- The command
echo "password" | cracklib-checkwhich is used to check if the password exists in the dictionary is failed with below error:
/usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict: error reading header
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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