SYNOPSIS
pw-inspector [-i FILE] [-o FILE] [-m MINLEN] [-M MAXLEN] [-c MINSETS] -l -u -n -p -sDESCRIPTION
PW-Inspector reads passwords in and prints those which meet the requirements. The return code is the number of valid passwords found, 0 if none was found. Use for security: check passwords, if 0 is returned, reject password choice. Use for hacking: trim your dictionary file to the pw requirements of the target. Usage only allowed for legal purposes.OPTIONS
- -i FILE
- file to read passwords from (default: stdin)
- -o FILE
- file to write valid passwords to (default: stdout)
- -m MINLEN
- minimum length of a valid password
- -M MAXLEN
- maximum length of a valid password
- -c MINSETS
- the minimum number of sets required (default: all given)
- -h, --help
- Show summary of options.
SETS
- -l
- lowcase characters (a,b,c,d, etc.)
- -u
- upcase characters (A,B,C,D, etc.)
- -n
- numbers (1,2,3,4, etc.)
- -p
- printable characters (which are not -l/-n/-p, e.g. $,!,/,(,*, etc.)
- -s
- special characters - all others not withint the sets above
AUTHOR
hydra was written by van Hauser / THC <[email protected]> and co-maintained by David Maciejak <[email protected]>.This manual page was written by Daniel Echeverry <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).