#pwgen

Generare una password forte in Linux usando Pwgen

Pwgen è un utility da linea di comando molto utile per generare password forti e casuali in pochi secondi.

Pwgen crea delle password sicure che possono facilmente essere memorizzate da un essere umano.

Pwgen è disponibile nei repository di tutte le distribuzioni.

Per installarlo sui sistemi DEB based, apriamo il terminale e digitiamo:

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Generate it with pwgen:

I very much like generating passwords through Lastpass's extension:

I get to choose the length of the password, which characters to use, and make it pronounceable. Frankly, I only used the last one for generating random usernames. But I'd like to be able to do this in a keystroke.

So I need to assign a command to a certain keystroke in my display manager instead of using a browser extension. After a bit of searching, I Found apg and pwgen but pwgen appears to be exactly what I need.

Generate a secure password of 15 characters

$ pwgen -1sy 20 ao\&qwuC]hlq6.1'7+Q@

Generate an alphanumeric password of 10 characters

$ pwgen -1n 15 buj9Uph8ob

Generate a pronounceable 6-character password

$ pwgen -10A 6 suibi

Sounds cute! Now, I just have to assign a keybinding from those commands. In my case, xmonad:

((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_o), spawn "pwgen -1sy 20 | tr -d '\n' | xclip -selection clipboard") -- and so on

If I press win+shift+o I immediately get a password. Perfect!