mkpasswd.pl - Man Page
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
- 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 and License
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.