LinuxCommandLibrary

cracklib-check

Check passwords using libcrack2

SYNOPSIS

cracklib-check

DESCRIPTION

cracklib-check takes a list of passwords from stdin and checks them via libcrack2's FascistCheck(3) sub routine.

RESULT

cracklib-check prints each checked password and the corresponding re‐ sult of FascistCheck(3) to stdout. The password and the result are sep‐ arated by a colon.

SEE ALSO

FascistCheck(3)

AUTHOR

This man page was written by Jan Dittberner for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by others).

Copied to clipboard