Documentaion for Pwgen

Pwgen is PUBLIC DOMAIN
(placing the statement here makes is easier for all you SysOp's)


Pwgen generates random passwords. It uses a sample file for analysing
possible characters combination. The advantage of this method over the true
random generation is that true random password are difficult to remember. The
passwords Pwgen generates are random too, but they are very likely to be
pronounceable and therefore easier to remember.

Example:
Where a random password generator could generate:
  crtrxtz, 9s78fjsd, 2l=j5m7ml or x0by%xop
Pwgen could generate:
  terapy, Yorite.m, usswile or stheaven


Usage: pwgen <sample file> [passwords]
 <sample file>  the file used for computing possible character combinations.
 [passwords]    the number of passwords to generate. The default is 1.


A side effect of using a sample text file for generation is that if you use
an English text the passwords will look English, and if you use a Danish text
you will get Danish passwords!


Files included in this archive:
pwgen.c      C source for Pwgen
pwgen.exe    Executable file
pwgen.doc    This document
sample.txt   Sample text file