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Cracklib(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Cracklib(3pm)

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).

2024-03-07 perl v5.38.2