SYNOPSIS

       pwgen maxlength [ count ]

       If you compile pwgen with -DALLBYOPTS,
        then the synopsis becomes:

       pwgen  [ -acnsh --alt-phonics --capitalize --numerals --secure --help ]
       maxlength [ count ]

DESCRIPTION

       pwgen  generates  random,  meaningless  but  pronounceable   passwords.
       Depending  on how the program was installed, these words contain either
       only lowercase letters, or upper and lower case mixed, or digits thrown
       in.  Uppercase letters and digits are placed in a way that eases remem-
       bering their position when memorizing only the word.

       Prefer pwgen -s to pwgen if you want a "secure" password.

       pwgen does not interact with the system's  password  handling.  All  it
       does  is  print out one or more passwords that can subsequently be used
       as input for passwd (1) or for similar applications.

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

       If pwgen was compiled with the -DALLBYOPTS  compile-time  option,  then
       the following options are recognized:


       -a, --alt-phonics
              Use an alternate phonics table. Identical to using a pwgen which
              was compiled with -DALTPHON.


       -c, --capitalize
              Semi-random capitalization (not so random yet...)  Identical  to
              using a pwgen which was compiled with -DCAPITALIZE.


       -n, --numerals
              Semi-random  numeral  insertion (not so random yet...) Identical
              to using a pwgen which was compiled with -DNUMERALS.


       -s, --secure
              Generate totally random, secure, unpronouncible passwords. Iden-
              tical to using spwgen.


       -h, --help
              Print a help message to standard output, then exit successfully.

PARAMETERS

AUTHOR

       Brandon S. Allbery <allbery@ncoast.UUCP>
       Capitals/digits and man page by Olaf Titz <titz@askdonald.ask.uni-karl-
       sruhe.de>
       spwgen   by   Vincent  Renardias  <vincent@waw.com>  and  Bruce  Perens
       <bruce@pixar.com>
       Modifications to pwgen causing it to accept the options -a, -c, -n  and
       -s  by  Jim Lynch <jim@laney.edu> who also updated the man page and the
       makefile to suit. The functionality made  available  by  these  options
       were not modified; the only change was to make them all accessible from
       a single pwgen binary. The package is otherwise identical.



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