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NAME
<passgen> - A password candidate generator
SYNOPSIS
passgen
[options]
options: [-hlnaANsu] [--help] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
passgen
generates a list of password candidates for the user to choose from by mapping operating system sources of pseudorandomness into printable character arrays with a mod operation.
By default, /dev/random is used as the source for entropy. If a large number of password candidates are being generated the process may be slowed while the device blocks. This can avoided by using the -u flag, which will cause the nonblocking urandom device as the entropy source.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
Displays help text.
- -l
-
Specifies the length of the passwords to be generated.
- -n
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Specifies the number of passwords to be generated.
- -a
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Generate password candidates alpha numeric characters only.
- -A
-
Generate password candidates using alphabetic characters only.
- -N
-
Generate password candidates using numeric charaters only.
- -s
-
Exclude the space character from generated password candidates.
- -u
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Use the non-blocking /dev/urandom device to speed password candidate generation.
- -v
-
Display program version information.
- --version
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Display program version information.
- --help
-
Display help text.
SEE ALSO
passwd(1) passgen.conf(5)
BUGS
There are no known bugs.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- SEE ALSO
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