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PWMAKE(1)                   General Commands Manual                  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 AT redhat.com>
Red Hat, Inc.                     2017-02-10                         PWMAKE(1)