SYNOPSIS
[options ]DESCRIPTION
The Op Ar options program generates a random passphrase using the libpasswdqc library. Strength of the generated passphrase depends on the amount of randomness read from /dev/urandomOPTIONS
- random = N
- (default: random = 47 ) The size of randomly-generated passphrase in bits (24 to 85).
- config = FILE
- Load config FILE in the passwdqc.conf format. This file may define any options described in passwdqc.conf5,butonlythe random and config options are honored by .
- --version
- Output Op Ar options program version and exit.
- -h , --help
- Output Op Ar options help text and exit.
EXIT STATUS
Op Ar options exits with non-zero status when it encounters invalid config file, invalid option, invalid parameter value, when it fails to obtain enough randomness, and in any case when it fails to generate a passphrase.FILES
/etc/passwdqc.confAUTHORS
The pam_passwdqc module was written for Openwall GNU/*/Linux by Solar Designer. The Op Ar options program was originally written for ALT GNU/*/Linux by Dmitry V. Levin, indirectly reusing code from pam_passwdqc (via libpasswdqc). This manual page was written for Openwall GNU/*/Linux by Dmitry V. Levin.