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cracklib-2.8.15-3.fc13.x86_64

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RPM  cracklib-2.8.15-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm Architecture  x86_64 Size  179406 Created  2017/08/04 11:23:25 UTC
Package Specification
Summary A password-checking library
Group System Environment/Libraries
License LGPLv2+
Home Page http://sourceforge.net/projects/cracklib/
Description

CrackLib tests passwords to determine whether they match certain security-oriented characteristics, with the purpose of stopping users from choosing passwords that are easy to guess. CrackLib performs several tests on passwords: it tries to generate words from a username and gecos entry and checks those words against the password; it checks for simplistic patterns in passwords; and it checks for the password in a dictionary.

CrackLib is actually a library containing a particular C function which is used to check the password, as well as other C functions. CrackLib is not a replacement for a passwd program; it must be used in conjunction with an existing passwd program.

Install the cracklib package if you need a program to check users' passwords to see if they are at least minimally secure. If you install CrackLib, you will also want to install the cracklib-dicts package.

Requires
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix)  
rpmlib(FileDigests)  
/sbin/ldconfig  
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames)  
/bin/sh  
gzip  
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz)  
Provides
libcrack.so.2()(64bit)
cracklib
cracklib(x86-64)
Conflicts
cracklib-dicts

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