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@redhat.com>