Man page - cracklib-check(8)

Packages contains this manual

Package: cracklib-runtime
apt-get install cracklib-runtime

Manuals in package:

cracklib-unpacker(8)
create-cracklib-dict(8)
cracklib-check(8)
update-cracklib(8)
cracklib-packer(8)
cracklib-format(8)

Documentations in package:

cracklib-runtime

Manual

cracklib-check

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RESULT
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

NAME

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

AUTHOR

This man page was written by Jan Dittberner <jandd@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by others).