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.

Openwall Project                                 March 10, 2021                                        PWQGEN(1)