Manual:createCommonPasswordCdb.php

MediaWiki versions:

1.27 – 1.34

MediaWiki file: createCommonPasswordCdb.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.44.0 • 1.43.3 • 1.39.13
Classes:	GenerateCommonPassword

Details

createCommonPasswordCdb.php file creates a common password CDB database. It takes a file like https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/blob/master/Passwords/2020-200_most_used_passwords.txt?raw=true as an example.

Options/Arguments

Option	Description	Required?
inputfile	List of passwords (one per line) to use or - for stdin	Required
output	Location to write CDB file to (Try $IP/includes/password/commonpasswords.cdb)	Required
--limit	Max number of passwords to write	Optional

Usage

php maintenance/createCommonPasswordCdb.php inputfile output [ --limit ]

Terminal

php maintenance/createCommonPasswordCdb.php 2020-200_most_used_passwords.txt commonpass.cdb

Password '123456789' already written (line 50)
Password '987654321' already written (line 124)
Password '123456' already written (line 135)
Successfully wrote 197 (out of 200) passwords to commonpass.cdb

See also

• CommonPasswords
• Manual:$wgPasswordPolicy
• Requests for comment/Passwords