https://github.com/linsomniac/python-ctypescracklib

Python ctypes wrapper for cracklib.
https://github.com/linsomniac/python-ctypescracklib

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Python ctypes wrapper for cracklib.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/linsomniac/python-ctypescracklib
• Owner: linsomniac
• Created: 2010-11-16T03:49:27.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2010-11-17T23:11:11.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-07-26T17:13:04.918Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
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• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README

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python-ctypescracklib

Written by Sean Reifschneider 

Placed in the public domain.

No rights reserved.

Cracklib is great, and in newer packages there is a Python module available

for it. However, on systems that don't yet have it, such as CentOS 5, I've

written a ctypes wrapper for the system cryptlib. This would also work on a

system that you can't install python-libcrypt. It does require python with

ctypes available, so for CentOS 5 you have to install and use the python26

package.

It also has the advantage that it can take the username and check for

passwords that contain it or are substantially similar, like the libcrypt

"FascistGecos" function but without requiring the user to exist in

/etc/passwd.

Some example uses:

   >>> FascistCheck('jafo1234', 'jafo')

   'it is based on your username'

   >>> FascistCheck('myofaj123', 'jafo')

   'it is based on your username'

   >>> FascistCheck('jxayfoxo', 'jafo')

   'it is too similar to your username'

   >>> FascistCheck('cretse')

   'it is based on a dictionary word'