Information about the package, perl-Data-Password, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Data-Password package is designed for, Perl extension for assessing password quality.
Package Name:
perl-Data-Password
Summary:
Perl extension for assessing password quality
Description:
This modules checks potential passwords for crackability. It checks that the password is in the appropriate length, that it has enough character groups, that it does not contain the same chars repeatedly or ascending or descending characters, or characters close to each other in the keyboard. It will also attempt to search the ispell word file for existence of whole words.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.12
Release:
3.el6
Size:
14 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Data-Password package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Data-Password
This command will install perl-Data-Password on the server.
yum remove perl-Data-Password
This command will un-install perl-Data-Password on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Data-Password, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Data-Password
This command will un-install perl-Data-Password on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-Data-Password when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Data-Password
This command will update perl-Data-Password to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Data-Password, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Data-Password
This command will update perl-Data-Password to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-Data-Password when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Data-Password
This command will show you core information about the perl-Data-Password package.
yum deplist perl-Data-Password
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Data-Password. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update perl-Data-Password
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Data-Password. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.