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PWQGEN(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		     PWQGEN(1)

NAME
     pwqgen — Generate quality controllable random passphrase

SYNOPSIS
     pwqgen [options]

DESCRIPTION
     The pwqgen program generates a random passphrase using the libpasswdqc
     library.  Strength of the generated passphrase depends on the amount of
     randomness read from /dev/urandom.

OPTIONS
     random=N
	     (default: random=47) The size of randomly-generated passphrase in
	     bits (26 to 81).

     config=FILE
	     Load config FILE in the passwdqc.conf format.  This file may
	     define any options described in passwdqc.conf(5), but only the
	     random and config options are honored by pwqgen.

     --version
	     Output pwqgen program version and exit.

     -h, --help
	     Output pwqgen help text and exit.

EXIT STATUS
     pwqgen 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.conf.

SEE ALSO
     pwqcheck(1), urandom(4), passwdqc.conf(5), pam_passwdqc(8).

     http://www.openwall.com/passwdqc/

AUTHORS
     The pam_passwdqc module was written for Openwall GNU/*/Linux by Solar
     Designer.	The pwqgen program was originally written for ALT GNU/*/Linux
     by Dmitry V. Levin, indirectly reusing code from pam_passwdqc (via lib‐
     passwdqc).	 This manual page was written for Openwall GNU/*/Linux by
     Dmitry V. Levin.

Openwall Project		March 13, 2010		      Openwall Project

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