cracklib-check8
Check passwords using libcrack2
Usage
cracklib-check [{-h | --no-echo}]
Overview
cracklib-check takes a list of passwords from stdin and checks them via libcrack2's FascistCheck(3) sub routine.
Options
-
--no-echo -
Don't echo the password which is ok to the terminal.
-
-h, --help -
Print help explaining the command line options.
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. When --no-echo is specified, prints only the result if password is ok.
Releases
10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 2 times.
--help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--no-echo since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-h since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.