My apologies, I have discovered my mistake and why the Pam_cracklib.so module was not working correctly. When changing or setting a user password, I was performing these functions as root. when attempting these functions as a normal user, the behavior was as expected and therefore, disregard any previous comments, remarks or questions. _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list