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MKPASSWD(1)	      User Contributed Perl Documentation	   MKPASSWD(1)

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
       ·   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.

perl v5.20.2			  2012-08-18			   MKPASSWD(1)

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