%general-entities; ]> libpwquality The libpwquality package provides 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. &lfs121_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 Recommended Install libpwquality by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-static \ --with-securedir=/usr/lib/security \ --disable-python-bindings && make && &build-wheel-cmd; $PWD/python This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && &install-wheel; pwquality --disable-python-bindings: This parameter disables building Python bindings with the deprecated python3 setup.py build command. The explicit instruction to build the Python 3 binding with the pip3 wheel command is provided. libpwquality is intended to be a functional replacement for the now-obsolete pam_cracklib.so PAM module. To configure the system to use the pam_pwquality module, execute the following commands as the root user: mv /etc/pam.d/system-password{,.orig} && cat > /etc/pam.d/system-password << "EOF" # Begin /etc/pam.d/system-password # check new passwords for strength (man pam_pwquality) password required pam_pwquality.so authtok_type=UNIX retry=1 difok=1 \ minlen=8 dcredit=0 ucredit=0 \ lcredit=0 ocredit=0 minclass=1 \ maxrepeat=0 maxsequence=0 \ maxclassrepeat=0 gecoscheck=0 \ dictcheck=1 usercheck=1 \ enforcing=1 badwords="" \ dictpath=/usr/lib/cracklib/pw_dict # use yescrypt hash for encryption, use shadow, and try to use any # previously defined authentication token (chosen password) set by any # prior module. password required pam_unix.so yescrypt shadow try_first_pass # End /etc/pam.d/system-password EOF Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories pwscore and pwmake pam_pwquality.so and libpwquality.so /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pwquality-&libpwquality-version;.dist-info 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