NAME
crack_testlib, crack_testnum, crack_teststr − cracklib test utilities
SYNOPSIS
crack_testlib
crack_testnum
crack_teststr
DESCRIPTION
crack_testlib tests if the input string will be accepted as a valid password by the installed cracklib dictionary using the FascistCheck(3) subroutine. crack_testnum tests if the input integer is an index to a word in the installed cracklib dictionary and returns the word if found. crack_teststr tests if the input string is in the installed cracklib dictionary and returns its index number if found.
The database is in a binary format generated by the utilities crack_mkdict(8) and crack_packer(8). On a Debian system the database is located in the directory /var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict and is generated daily with the program update-cracklib (8), which is called from the cron job /etc/cron.daily/cracklib crack.h using the constant CRACKLIB_DICTPATH though none of the subroutines in the cracklib libraries have this location hardcoded into their implementations.
Each take one string or number per line. Enter ^C when done.
FILES
/var/cache/cracklib/cracklib_dict.[hwm|pwd|pwi]
cracklib dictionary database files used by utilities.
/etc/cron.daily/cracklib
cracklib daily cron program to rebuild the cracklib dictionary database.
/etc/cracklib/cracklib.conf
cracklib configuration file used by the cracklib daily cron program to rebuild the cracklib dictionary database.
/usr/include/crack.h
cracklib header file defining the subroutine FascistCheck(3) and the constant CRACKLIB_DICTPATH used to compile in the location of the cracklib dictionary database for these utilties.
SEE ALSO
crack_mkdict(8),
FascistCheck(3)
/usr/share/doc/cracklib2/cracklib2.html
/usr/share/doc/cracklib-runtime/cracklib-runtime.html
AUTHOR
cracklib2 is written by Alec Muffett <alecm [AT] crypto.uk>. Manual added by Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq [AT] quoininc.com>.