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pwqgen: Generate quality controllable random passphrase

NAME

pwqgen - Generate quality controllable random passphrase

SYNOPSIS

[options ]

DESCRIPTION

The Op Ar options 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 Op Ar options program version and exit.

-h , --help

Output Op Ar options help text and exit.

EXIT STATUS

Op Ar options 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

AUTHORS

The pam_passwdqc module was written for Openwall GNU/*/Linux by Solar Designer. The Op Ar options 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.