From 7422d53df4b4ddbb0306325c24d3a48eca3cc0a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Edinaldo P. Silva" Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:58:42 +0700 Subject: libraries/libpwquality: Added (password quality checking). Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo --- libraries/libpwquality/README | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 libraries/libpwquality/README (limited to 'libraries/libpwquality/README') diff --git a/libraries/libpwquality/README b/libraries/libpwquality/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f568a5bb4b --- /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. -- cgit v1.2.3