PWQGEN(1) BSD General Commands Manual PWQGEN(1)
NAME
pwqgen -- Generate quality controllable random passphrase
SYNOPSIS
pwqgen [options]
DESCRIPTION
The pwqgen 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 (26 to 81).
config=FILE
Load config FILE in the passwdqc.conf format. This file may define any options described in passwdqc.conf(5), but only the random
and config options are honored by pwqgen.
--version
Output pwqgen program version and exit.
-h, --help
Output pwqgen help text and exit.
EXIT STATUS
pwqgen 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.conf(5), pam_passwdqc(8).
http://www.openwall.com/passwdqc/
AUTHORS
The pam_passwdqc module was written for Openwall GNU/*/Linux by Solar Designer. The pwqgen 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.
Openwall Project March 13, 2010 Openwall Project
