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makepasswd: generate and encrypt passwords

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makepasswd is a command-line program to generate and encrypt passwords.

More information: https://manpages.debian.org/latest/makepasswd/makepasswd.1.en.html .

Generate a random password (8 to 10 characters long, containing letters and numbers):

makepasswd

Generate a 10 characters long password:

makepasswd --chars 10

Generate a 5 to 10 characters long password:

makepasswd --minchars 5 --maxchars 10

Generate a password containing only the characters “b”, “a” or “r”:

makepasswd --string bar

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