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cracklib-check(8) System Manager's Manual cracklib-check(8)

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.

SEE ALSO

FascistCheck(3)

AUTHOR

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

Sat Jun 21 22:44:33 CEST 2008 Jan Dittberner