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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. |