cracklib-check (8)

Check passwords using libcrack2

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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 result of FascistCheck(3) to stdout. The password and the result are separated by a colon.

RELATED TO cracklib-check…

FascistCheck(3)

AUTHOR

This man page was written by Jan Dittberner <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by others).