mkpasswd.pl - example to generate new password with
String::MkPasswd
mkpasswd.pl [-options]
#!/bin/sh
NEW_PASSWD=`mkpasswd.pl`
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.
- •
- While not really a bug, the .pl extension has been added to avoid conflict
with the program of the same name distributed with Expect.
- •
- For completeness, add user password setting functionality as found in
Expect's mkpasswd(1) example.
<http://expect.nist.gov/#examples>, mkpasswd(1),
String::MkPasswd
Don Libes of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
who wrote the Expect example, mkpasswd(1).
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.