.TH cracklib\-check 8 "Sat Jun 21 22:44:33 CEST 2008" "Jan Dittberner"
.SH NAME
cracklib\-check \- Check passwords using libcrack2
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cracklib\-check [\-h|\-\-no\-echo]
.br

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

.SH OPTIONS
.TP 4
.I \-\-no\-echo
Don't echo the password which is ok to the terminal.
.TP
.I \-h, \-\-help
Print help explaining the command line options.

.SH RESULT
.B cracklib\-check
prints each checked password and the corresponding result of
.BR 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.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR FascistCheck (3)

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