Well, regex is powerful enough to decide if a password fails:

Not less than 6 characters: /\S{6,}?/

More than one character class: (/[a-zA-Z]/ && /[0-9]/ && /[!@#]/) (that last one is only a subset of what you could include)

You can also do the standard 'flip' through the /usr/dict for common words. (eg while (<DICT>) { if ($password =~ /$_/) { $flag = 1; last; } }).

But there doesn't seem to be any module for it. I think this is because the typical passwd program can vary from system to system depending on installation, distribution, and end-use security features.

In reply to Re: Password Format Checking by Masem
in thread Password Format Checking by Daddio

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.