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Crypt::Cracklib(3pm)

Perl interface to Alec Muffett's Cracklib.

NAME

Crypt::Cracklib - Perl interface to Alec Muffett's Cracklib.

SYNOPSIS

  use Crypt::Cracklib;
  my $reason = fascist_check($password, $dictionary);
  print "Ok"  if  check($password, $dictionary);
  print "Bad" if !check($password, $dictionary);

DESCRIPTION

This is a simple interface to the cracklib library.

FUNCTIONS

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fascist_check( $password, [ $dictionary ] )

Returns a string value. Either an error, or "ok".

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bad_pass( $password, [ $dictionary ] )

Returns a non-empty string on success or an empty string on failure.

•

check( $password, [ $dictionary ] )

Returns a true or false value if the password is acceptable or not.

AUTHOR

Dan Sully <[email protected]>

BUGS

Please file bugs at https://github.com/dsully/perl-crypt-cracklib/issues

SEE ALSO

perl(1).

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