PWQGEN
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NAME
pwqgen
- Generate quality controllable random passphrase
SYNOPSIS
[
options
]
DESCRIPTION
The
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program generates a random passphrase using the libpasswdqc library.
Strength of the generated passphrase depends on the amount of randomness
read from
/dev/urandom
OPTIONS
- random = N
-
(default: random = 47
)
The size of randomly-generated passphrase in bits (24 to 85).
- config = FILE
-
Load config
FILE
in the
passwdqc.conf
format. This file may define any options described in
passwdqc.conf5,butonlythe
random
and
config
options are honored by
.
- --version
-
Output
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program version and exit.
- -h , --help
-
Output
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help text and exit.
EXIT STATUS
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exits with non-zero status when it encounters invalid config file,
invalid option, invalid parameter value, when it fails to obtain enough
randomness, and in any case when it fails to generate a passphrase.
FILES
/etc/passwdqc.conf
(not read unless this suggested file location is specified with the
config=/etc/passwdqc.conf
option).
SEE ALSO
pwqcheck(1),
urandom(4),
passwdqc.conf5,
pam_passwdqc8.
https://www.openwall.com/passwdqc/
AUTHORS
The pam_passwdqc module was written for Openwall GNU/*/Linux by Solar Designer.
The
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program was originally written for ALT GNU/*/Linux by Dmitry V. Levin,
indirectly reusing code from pam_passwdqc (via libpasswdqc).
This manual page was written for Openwall GNU/*/Linux by Dmitry V. Levin.