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| author | Edinaldo P. Silva <edps.mundognu@gmail.com> | 2015-09-04 11:58:42 +0700 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2015-09-05 06:25:12 +0700 |
| commit | 7422d53df4b4ddbb0306325c24d3a48eca3cc0a9 (patch) | |
| tree | f42e2938379ad731fe2cbb3418e51deea224eaca /libraries/libpwquality/README | |
| parent | dfbbb784c7e7e9f2e1cd624d30a9fce235580c8e (diff) | |
libraries/libpwquality: Added (password quality checking).
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/libraries/libpwquality/README b/libraries/libpwquality/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..f568a5bb4bba7 --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/libpwquality/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +libpwquality (library for password quality checking and generation) + +The libpwquality library purpose is to provide common functions for password quality checking +and also scoring them based on their apparent randomness. +The library also provides a function for generating random passwords with good pronounceability. +The library supports reading and parsing of a configuration file. + +In the package there are also very simple utilities that use the library function and PAM module +that can be used instead of pam_cracklib. The module supports all the options of pam_cracklib. |