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.IX Title "Cracklib 3pm"
.TH Cracklib 3pm 2024-01-10 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Crypt::Cracklib \- Perl interface to Alec Muffett's Cracklib.
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&  use Crypt::Cracklib;
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\&  my $reason = fascist_check($password, $dictionary);
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\&  print "Ok"  if  check($password, $dictionary);
\&  print "Bad" if !check($password, $dictionary);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This is a simple interface to the cracklib library.
.SH FUNCTIONS
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fascist_check( \f(CW$password\fR, [ \f(CW$dictionary\fR ] )
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Returns a string value. Either an error, or "ok".
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bad_pass( \f(CW$password\fR, [ \f(CW$dictionary\fR ] )
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Returns a non-empty string on success or an empty string on failure.
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check( \f(CW$password\fR, [ \f(CW$dictionary\fR ] )
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Returns a true or false value if the password is acceptable or not.
.SH AUTHOR
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Dan Sully <daniel@cpan.org>
.SH BUGS
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Please file bugs at https://github.com/dsully/perl\-crypt\-cracklib/issues
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\&\fBperl\fR\|(1).