1PWMAKE(1)                   General Commands Manual                  PWMAKE(1)
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NAME

6       pwmake - simple tool for generating random relatively easily pronounce‐
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SYNOPSIS

10       pwmake <entropy-bits>
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DESCRIPTION

13       pwmake is a simple configurable tool for generating  random  and  rela‐
14       tively  easily  pronounceable passwords. The tool allows you to specify
15       the number of entropy bits that are used to generate the password.
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17       The entropy is pulled from /dev/urandom.
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19       The minimum number of bits is 56 which is usable for passwords on  sys‐
20       tems/services  where  brute  force  attacks are of very limited rate of
21       tries.  The 64 bits should  be  adequate  for  applications  where  the
22       attacker  does  not  have  direct access to the password hash file. For
23       situations where the attacker might obtain the  direct  access  to  the
24       password  hash  or  the password is used as an encryption key 80 to 128
25       bits should be used depending on your level of paranoia.
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OPTIONS

29       The first and only argument is the number of bits of  entropy  used  to
30       generate the password.
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FILES

34       /etc/security/pwquality.conf  -  The  configuration  file for the libp‐
35       wquality library.
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RETURN CODES

39       pwmake returns 0 on success, non zero on error.
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SEE ALSO

43       pwscore(1), pam_pwquality(8)
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AUTHORS

47       Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com>
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51Red Hat, Inc.                     10 Nov 2011                        PWMAKE(1)