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 (24 to 136).

     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 (not read unless this suggested file location is specified with the
     config=/etc/passwdqc.conf option).

SEE ALSO

     pwqcheck(1), libpasswdqc(3), urandom(4), passwdqc.conf(5), pam_passwdqc(8).

     https://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 libpasswdqc).  This manual page was written for Openwall
     GNU/*/Linux by Dmitry V. Levin.