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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[3c64e32] | 7 | <!ENTITY libpwquality-download-http "https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality/releases/download/libpwquality-&libpwquality-version;/libpwquality-&libpwquality-version;.tar.bz2">
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[f97d5f6] | 8 | <!ENTITY libpwquality-download-ftp " ">
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[d0db416] | 9 | <!ENTITY libpwquality-md5sum "b8defcc7280a90e9400d6689c93a279c">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY libpwquality-size "440 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libpwquality-buildsize "4.0 MB">
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[f97d5f6] | 12 | <!ENTITY libpwquality-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="libpwquality" xreflabel="libpwquality-&libpwquality-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="libpwquality.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy: fernando $</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date: 2015-09-25 08:48:24 -0500 (Fri, 25 Sep 2015) $</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>libpwquality-&libpwquality-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="libpwquality">
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[183f254] | 26 | <primary sortas="a-libpwquality">libpwquality</primary>
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[f97d5f6] | 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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[183f254] | 30 | <title>Introduction to libpwquality</title>
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[f97d5f6] | 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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[096ed61] | 33 | The <application>libpwquality</application> package provides common
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[f97d5f6] | 34 | functions for password quality checking and also scoring them based on
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| 35 | their apparent randomness. The library also provides a function for
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[f3429309] | 36 | generating random passwords with good pronounceability.
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[f97d5f6] | 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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[110272ed] | 39 | &lfs81_checked;
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[f97d5f6] | 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libpwquality-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libpwquality-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &libpwquality-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &libpwquality-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &libpwquality-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &libpwquality-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libpwquality Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 76 |
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[9dc3146] | 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 78 | <para role="required">
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| 79 | <xref linkend="cracklib"/>
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| 80 | </para>
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| 81 |
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[f97d5f6] | 82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 83 | <para role="recommended">
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[9dc3146] | 84 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>
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[f97d5f6] | 85 | </para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 88 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libpwquality"/>
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| 89 | </para>
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| 90 | </sect2>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 93 | <title>Installation of libpwquality</title>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <para>
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| 96 | Install <application>libpwquality</application> by running the following
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| 97 | commands:
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| 98 | </para>
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| 99 |
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[7a90fe5] | 100 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static \
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| 101 | --with-securedir=/lib/security &&
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[f97d5f6] | 102 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <para>
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| 105 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 106 | </para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <para>
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| 109 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 110 | </para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | </sect2>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 117 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <segmentedlist>
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| 120 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 121 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 122 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <seglistitem>
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| 125 | <seg>
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| 126 | pwscore and pwmake
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| 127 | </seg>
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| 128 | <seg>
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| 129 | pam_pwquality.so and libpwquality.so
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| 130 | </seg>
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| 131 | <seg>
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| 132 | /etc/security
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| 133 | </seg>
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| 134 | </seglistitem>
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| 135 | </segmentedlist>
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[183f254] | 136 |
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[f97d5f6] | 137 | <variablelist>
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| 138 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 139 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 140 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 141 |
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[183f254] | 142 | <varlistentry id="pwmake">
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| 143 | <term><command>pwmake</command></term>
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| 144 | <listitem>
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| 145 | <para>
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| 146 | is a simple configurable tool for generating random
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| 147 | and relatively easily pronounceable passwords.
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| 148 | </para>
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| 149 | <indexterm zone="libpwquality pwmake">
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| 150 | <primary sortas="b-pwmake">pwmake</primary>
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| 151 | </indexterm>
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| 152 | </listitem>
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| 153 | </varlistentry>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="pwscore">
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| 156 | <term><command>pwscore</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>
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| 159 | is a simple tool for checking quality of a password.
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| 160 | </para>
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| 161 | <indexterm zone="libpwquality pwscore">
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| 162 | <primary sortas="b-pwscore">pwscore</primary>
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| 163 | </indexterm>
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| 164 | </listitem>
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| 165 | </varlistentry>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <varlistentry id="libpwquality-lib">
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| 168 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpwquality.so</filename></term>
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| 169 | <listitem>
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| 170 | <para>
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| 171 | contains API functions for checking the password quality.
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| 172 | </para>
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| 173 | <indexterm zone="libpwquality libpwquality-lib">
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| 174 | <primary sortas="c-libpwquality">libpwquality.so</primary>
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| 175 | </indexterm>
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| 176 | </listitem>
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| 177 | </varlistentry>
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[f97d5f6] | 178 |
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[183f254] | 179 | <varlistentry id="pam_pwquality">
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| 180 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">pam_pwquality.so</filename></term>
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[f97d5f6] | 181 | <listitem>
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[183f254] | 182 | <para>
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| 183 | is a <application>Linux PAM</application> module used to perform
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| 184 | password quality checking.
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 | <indexterm zone="libpwquality pam_pwquality">
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| 187 | <primary sortas="c-pam_pwquality">pam_pwquality.so</primary>
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[f97d5f6] | 188 | </indexterm>
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| 189 | </listitem>
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| 190 | </varlistentry>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | </variablelist>
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[183f254] | 193 |
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[f97d5f6] | 194 | </sect2>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | </sect1>
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