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 --no-echo Don't echo the password which is ok to the terminal. -h, --help 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 for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by others). Jan Dittberner Sat Jun 21 22:44:33 CEST 2008 cracklib-check(8)