---
name: "cracklib-check"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cracklib"
version: "2.10.3-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cracklib-check"
---

# cracklib-check(8)

Check passwords using libcrack2

## NAME

cracklib-check - Check passwords using libcrack2

## SYNOPSIS

**cracklib-check \[-h\|--no-echo\]**\

## DESCRIPTION

**cracklib-check** takes a list of passwords from stdin and checks them via libcrack2's [**FascistCheck**(3)](/FascistCheck/3.md) sub routine.

## OPTIONS

- *--no-echo*

  Don't echo the password which is ok to the terminal.

- *-h, --help*

  Print help explaining the command line options.

## RESULT

**cracklib-check** prints each checked password and the corresponding result of [**FascistCheck**(3)](/FascistCheck/3.md) to stdout. The password and the result are separated by a colon. When --no-echo is specified, prints only the result if password is ok.

## SEE ALSO

[**FascistCheck**(3)](/FascistCheck/3.md)

## AUTHOR

This man page was written by Jan Dittberner \<jandd@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by others).