pwmake(1) - simple tool for generating random relatively easily pronounceable passwords



  • PWMAKE(1)		    General Commands Manual		     PWMAKE(1)
    
    
    
    NAME
           pwmake - simple tool for generating random relatively easily pronounce‐
           able passwords
    
    SYNOPSIS
           pwmake <entropy-bits>
    
    DESCRIPTION
           pwmake is a simple configurable tool for generating  random  and	 rela‐
           tively  easily  pronounceable passwords. The tool allows you to specify
           the number of entropy bits that are used to generate the password.
    
           The entropy is pulled from /dev/urandom.
    
           The minimum number of bits is 56 which is usable for passwords on  sys‐
           tems/services  where  brute  force  attacks are of very limited rate of
           tries.  The 64 bits should  be  adequate	 for  applications  where  the
           attacker	 does  not  have  direct access to the password hash file. For
           situations where the attacker might obtain the  direct  access  to  the
           password	 hash  or  the password is used as an encryption key 80 to 128
           bits should be used depending on your level of paranoia.
    
    
    OPTIONS
           The first and only argument is the number of bits of  entropy  used  to
           generate the password.
    
    
    FILES
           /etc/security/pwquality.conf  -	The  configuration  file for the libp‐
           wquality library.
    
    
    RETURN CODES
           pwmake returns 0 on success, non zero on error.
    
    
    SEE ALSO
           pwscore(1), pam_pwquality(8)
    
    
    AUTHORS
           Tomas Mraz <[email protected]>
    
    
    
    Red Hat, Inc.			  10 Nov 2011			     PWMAKE(1)
    

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