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NAME

6       pwmake - simple tool for generating random relatively easily
7       pronounceable passwords
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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
14       relatively easily pronounceable passwords. The tool allows you to
15       specify the number of entropy bits that are used to generate the
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18       The entropy is pulled from /dev/urandom.
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20       The minimum number of bits is 56 which is usable for passwords on
21       systems/services where brute force attacks are of very limited rate of
22       tries.  The 64 bits should be adequate for applications where the
23       attacker does not have direct access to the password hash file. For
24       situations where the attacker might obtain the direct access to the
25       password hash or the password is used as an encryption key 80 to 128
26       bits should be used depending on your level of paranoia.
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28       Any entropy-bits value outside of the 56 to 256 bits range will be
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OPTIONS

32       The first and only argument is the number of bits of entropy used to
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FILES

36       /etc/security/pwquality.conf - The configuration file for the
37       libpwquality library.
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RETURN CODES

40       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

46       Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com>
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