%general-entities; ]> libpwquality-&libpwquality-version; libpwquality Introduction to libpwquality The libpwquality package contains a library used for password quality checking and generation of random passwords that pass the checks. &lfs72_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libpwquality-md5sum; Download size: &libpwquality-size; Estimated disk space required: &libpwquality-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libpwquality-time; libpwquality Dependencies Required Optional and User Notes: Installation of libpwquality Install libpwquality by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --with-securedir=/lib/security \ --disable-python-bindings \ --disable-static && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations : This switch disables building of the optional Python bindings. Remove it if you have installed Python. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories pwmake and pwscore libpwquality.so and pam_pwquality.so None Short Descriptions pwmake is a simple configurable tool for generating random and relatively easily pronounceable passwords. pwmake pwscore is a simple tool for checking quality of a password. pwscore libpwquality.so contains API functions for checking the password quality. libpwquality.so pam_pwquality.so is a Linux PAM module used to perform password quality checking. pam_pwquality.so