NAME¶

Crypt::Cracklib - Perl interface to Alec Muffett's Cracklib.

SYNOPSIS¶

  use Crypt::Cracklib;
  my $reason = fascist_check($password, $dictionary);
  print "Ok"  if  check($password, $dictionary);
  print "Bad" if !check($password, $dictionary);

DESCRIPTION¶

This is a simple interface to the cracklib library.

FUNCTIONS¶

• fascist_check( $password, [ $dictionary ] )

  Returns a string value. Either an error, or "ok".

• bad_pass( $password, [ $dictionary ] )

  Returns a non-empty string on success or an empty string on failure.

• check( $password, [ $dictionary ] )

  Returns a true or false value if the password is acceptable or not.

AUTHOR¶

Dan Sully <daniel@cpan.org>

BUGS¶

Please file bugs at https://github.com/dsully/perl-crypt-cracklib/issues

SEE ALSO¶

perl(1).