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CrackLib tests passwords to determine whether they match certain security-oriented characteristics.
You can use CrackLib to stop users from choosing passwords which would be easy to guess.
CrackLib performs certain tests:
* It tries to generate words from a username and gecos entry and checks those words against the password;
* It checks for simplistic patterns in passwords;
* It checks for the password in a dictionary.
CrackLib is actually a library containing a particular C function which is used to check the password, as well as other C functions.
CrackLib is not a replacement for a passwd program; it must be used in conjunction with an existing passwd program.
cracklib: A password-checking library
CrackLib tests passwords to determine whether they match certain security-oriented characteristics.You can use CrackLib to stop users from choosing passwords which would be easy to guess.
CrackLib performs certain tests:
* It tries to generate words from a username and gecos entry and checks those words against the password;
* It checks for simplistic patterns in passwords;
* It checks for the password in a dictionary.
CrackLib is actually a library containing a particular C function which is used to check the password, as well as other C functions.
CrackLib is not a replacement for a passwd program; it must be used in conjunction with an existing passwd program.
| Name: | cracklib |
| Release: | 2.10.2-1mamba |
| Group: | System/Libraries |
| Maintainer: | silvan |
| License: | Artistic |
| Size: | 5.89 MB |
| Upstream URL: | https://sourceforge.net/projects/cracklib |
| Build time: | 2024-08-04 16:52:49 |
Binary packages and requirements
| x86_64 | aarch64 | i586 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built RPMS | cracklib-debug libcrack libcrack-devel libcrack-dicts python-cracklib | cracklib-debug libcrack libcrack-devel libcrack-dicts python-cracklib | cracklib-debug libcrack libcrack-devel libcrack-dicts python-cracklib |
| Build requirements | glibc-devel [1] libpython311-devel [1] libz-devel [1] | glibc-devel [1] libpython311-devel [1] libz-devel [1] | glibc-devel [1] libpython311-devel [1] libz-devel [1] |
History of changes
| Date | Packager | Release | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-04 | Automatic Build System | 2.10.2-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-07-27 | Automatic Build System | 2.10.1-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-07-21 | Automatic Build System | 2.10.0-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2023-04-03 | autodist | 2.9.11-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2023-03-18 | autodist | 2.9.10-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2022-09-04 | autodist | 2.9.8-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2021-08-10 | silvan | 2.9.7-2mamba | - rebuilt with fixes |
| 2019-10-26 | silvan | 2.9.7-1mamba | - update to 2.9.7 |
| 2016-04-30 | silvan | 2.9.6-1mamba | - update to 2.9.6 |
| 2015-05-03 | autodist | 2.9.4-1mamba | - automatic update by autodist |
