pwqgen (1) Linux Manual Page

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

See Also

pwqcheck(1), urandom(4), passwdqc.conf5, pam_passwdqc8.

http://www.openwall.com/passwdqc/

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.