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NAME
       pwmake - simple tool for generating random relatively easily pronounce-
       able passwords

SYNOPSIS
       pwmake <entropy-bits>

DESCRIPTION
       pwmake is a simple configurable tool for generating  random  and	 rela-
       tively  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  sys-
       tems/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 libp-
       wquality 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>



Red Hat, Inc.			  10 Nov 2011			     PWMAKE(1)