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pwmake(1)


NAME

   pwmake - simple tool for generating random relatively easily
   pronounceable passwords

SYNOPSIS

   pwmake <entropy-bits>

DESCRIPTION

   pwmake is a simple configurable tool for generating random and
   relatively 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
   systems/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
   libpwquality library.

RETURN CODES

   pwmake returns 0 on success, non zero on error.

SEE ALSO

   pwscore(1), pam_pwquality(8)

AUTHORS

   Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com>



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