Information about the package, python-pwquality, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-pwquality package is designed for, Python bindings for the libpwquality library.
Package Name:
python-pwquality
Summary:
Python bindings for the libpwquality library
Description:
This is pwquality Python module that provides Python bindings for the libpwquality library. These bindings can be used for easy password quality checking and generation of random pronounceable passwords from Python applications.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
9.4 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD or GPL+
Control the python-pwquality package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-pwquality
This command will install python-pwquality on the server.
yum remove python-pwquality
This command will un-install python-pwquality on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-pwquality, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-pwquality
This command will un-install python-pwquality 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 python-pwquality when using the -y flag.
yum update python-pwquality
This command will update python-pwquality to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-pwquality, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-pwquality
This command will update python-pwquality 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 python-pwquality when using the -y flag.
yum info python-pwquality
This command will show you core information about the python-pwquality package.
yum deplist python-pwquality
This command will show you the dependencies for python-pwquality. 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 python-pwquality
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-pwquality. 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.