create-cracklib-dict(8)

create-cracklib-dict8

Check passwords using libcrack2

Usage

create-cracklib-dict wordlist ...

Overview

create-cracklib-dict takes one or more word list files as arguments and converts them into cracklib dictionaries for use by password checking programs. The results are placed in the default compiled-in dictionary location.

If you wish to store the dictionary in a different location, use the cracklib-format and cracklib-packer commands directly.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0–Arch

Author

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

From cracklib 2.10.3-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.