mkpasswd.pl.1p

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Version: 2009-11-07 (ubuntu - 24/10/10)

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NAME

mkpasswd.pl - example to generate new password with String::MkPasswd

SYNOPSIS

   mkpasswd.pl [-options]
 
   #!/bin/sh
   NEW_PASSWD=`mkpasswd.pl`

DESCRIPTION

This program generates a random password, allowing for some tuning of character distribution. The password is sent to standard output.

OPTIONS

-l # | --length=#
The total length of the password. The default is 9.
-d # | --digits=#
The minimum number of digits that will appear in the final password. The default is 2.
-c # | --lower=#
The minimum number of lower-case characters that will appear in the final password. The default is 2.
-C # | --upper=#
The minimum number of upper-case characters that will appear in the final password. The default is 2.
-s # | --special=#
The minimum number of non-alphanumeric characters that will appear in the final password. The default is 1.
-2 | --distribute
If specified, password characters will be distributed between the left- and right-hand sides of the keyboard. This makes it more difficult for an onlooker to see the password as it is typed.
--nodigits | --no-digits
Alias for --digits=0.
--nolower | --no-lower
Alias for --lower=0.
--noupper | --no-upper
Alias for --upper=0.
--nospecial | --no-special
Alias for --special=0.

BUGS

•
While not really a bug, the .pl extension has been added to avoid conflict with the program of the same name distributed with Expect.

TODO

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For completeness, add user password setting functionality as found in Expect's mkpasswd(1) example.

SEE ALSO

<http://expect.nist.gov/#examples>, mkpasswd(1), String::MkPasswd

AKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Don Libes of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, who wrote the Expect example, mkpasswd(1).

AUTHOR

Chris Grau <cgrau@cpan.org> Copyright (C) 2003-2004 by Chris Grau

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.1 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.