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

NAME

cracklib-check - Check passwords using libcrack2

SYNOPSIS

cracklib-check [-h|--no-echo]

DESCRIPTION

cracklib-check takes a list of passwords from stdin and checks them via libcrack2's FascistCheck(3) sub routine.

OPTIONS

Don't echo the password which is ok to the terminal.
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.

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