Can't change password for a user complains about missing dictionary

[keithy]

So I add a user to the wheel group, and sudo requires a password.
Attempting sudo passwd usename fails due to missing dictionary.

[dustymabe]

hey @keithy - can you provide the ignition config you are using and a few steps that you execute on the booted system that illustrate the problem you are having?

[keithy]

At the time I raised the report I do not think that my ignition file contained anything.

I was just trying to change the password for the core user via #> /usr/bin/passwd

/usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict.pwd.gz: No such file or dictionary
BAD PASSWORD: The password fails the dictionary check - error leading dictionary

The solution appears to be indicated here https://serverfault.com/a/813335
I tried editing the file directly it and it does work

session  requisite pam_pwquality.so dictcheck=0 .... etc

[dustymabe]

At the time I raised the report I do not think that my ignition file contained anything.

weird. how did you get in to the system?

[keithy]

The problem is present on the liveCD, if you use > sudo passwd
You are correct at that time I had managed to add an ssh-key as my user login, but my attempts to set password_hash were failing.

[bgilbert]

I can reproduce this on 20191014:

1. Set a password for the core account, e.g. using Ignition.
2. From the core account, run passwd.
3. Enter a password that passes other validation checks, e.g. is not a palindrome or too short.

[core@localhost ~]$ passwd
Changing password for user core.
Current password: 
New password: 
/usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict.pwd.gz: No such file or directory
BAD PASSWORD: The password fails the dictionary check - error loading dictionary
New password: 

[bgilbert]

Thanks for the report. coreos/fedora-coreos-config#221 should fix it.

[dustymabe]

Thanks for the report. coreos/fedora-coreos-config#221 should fix it.

I was able to get this to work in a local build+test. Fixed!