crack_teststr(8)

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 dictio

nary 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 utili

ties crack_mkdict(8) and crack_packer(8). On a Debian system the

database is located in the directory /var/cache/cracklib/crack

lib_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 hardcod

ed 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 utili

ties.

/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

pile in the location of the cracklib dictionary database for
these utilities.

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@cryp

to.dircon.co.uk>. Manual added by Jean Pierre LeJacq <jple

jacq@quoininc.com>.

2.7-8.5 Wed, 3 Oct 2001 01:37:09 +0100

crack_teststr(8)