--- cracklib-2.8.9/python/cracklibmodule.c	2007-01-25 12:16:30.000000000 -0500

+++ cracklib-2.8.9/python/cracklibmodule.c	2007-01-25 12:16:32.000000000 -0500

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@

 #define UNLOCK()

 #endif

+#define DICT_SUFFIX ".pwd"

+

 static PyObject *

 cracklib_FascistCheck(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)

 {

@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@

     const char *result;

     struct stat st;

     char *keywords[] = {"pw", "dictpath", NULL};

+    char *dictfile;

     self = NULL;

     candidate = NULL;

@@ -52,14 +55,23 @@

                             "second argument was not an absolute path!");

             return NULL;

         }

-        if (lstat(dict, &st) == -1)

+        dictfile = malloc(strlen(dict) + sizeof(DICT_SUFFIX));

+        if (dictfile == NULL)

+        {

+            PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename(PyExc_OSError, dict);

+            return NULL;

+        }

+        sprintf(dictfile, "%s" DICT_SUFFIX, dict);

+        if (lstat(dictfile, &st) == -1)

         {

             PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename(PyExc_OSError, dict);

+            free(dictfile);

             return NULL;

         }

+        free(dictfile);

     } else

     {

-        if (lstat(DEFAULT_CRACKLIB_DICT ".pwd", &st) == -1)

+        if (lstat(DEFAULT_CRACKLIB_DICT DICT_SUFFIX, &st) == -1)

         {

             PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename(PyExc_OSError,

                                            DEFAULT_CRACKLIB_DICT);