echo "password" | cracklib-check command failed with error "/usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict: error reading header"

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Issue

  • The command echo "password" | cracklib-check which 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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