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pam_pwcheck - PAM module for password strength checking

The pam_pwcheck is a PAM module for password strength checking. It makes additional checks upon password changes, but it doesn't make the change itself. It only provides functionality for one PAM management group: password changing. This module works in the following manner: if enabled it calls at first the Cracklib routine to check the strength of the password; if crack likes the password, the module does an additional set of strength checks.

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Web pagehttp://www.thkukuk.de/pam/pam_pwcheck/
Source tarballftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/kukuk/pam/pam_pwcheck/pam_pwcheck-2.4.tar.bz2
Version 2.4 (stable) released on 2003-12-02
Licensed under BSD_3Clause *or* GPLv2.
This is not a GNU package.

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Interfacescommand line
Source languagesC
Related programsPwdutils, checkpassword-pam, Tiny SRP library, John the Ripper

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2003-12-02
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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