Generates random passphrase of given length
This repository depends upon git, head, tr, and printf command-line utilities, please use the package manager for your distribution to install these dependencies, eg...
- Arch based Operating Systems
sudo packman -Syy
sudo packman -S coreutils git make- Debian derived Operating Systems...
sudo apt-get install coreutils git makeAdditionally this project makes use of Git Submodules to track Bash script dependencies, to avoid incomplete downloads clone with the --recurse-submodules option...
git clone --recurse-submodules [email protected]:paranoid-linux/generate-random-password.gitAfter cloning to update tracked Git Submodules issue the following commands...
git pull
git submodule update --init --merge --recursiveTo force upgrade of Git Submodules...
git submodule update --init --merge --recursive --remoteNote, forcing and update of Git Submodule tracked dependencies may cause instabilities and/or merge conflicts; if however everything operates as expected after an update please consider submitting a Pull Request.
Perhaps as easy as one, 2.0,...
Clone this project...
mkdir -vp ~/git/hub/paranoid-linux
cd ~/git/hub/paranoid-linux
git clone --recurse-submodules [email protected]:paranoid-linux/generate-random-password.gitIf not using a plugin manager, then this plugin may be installed via make install command...
cd ~/git/hub/paranoid-linux/generate-random-password
make installIf not using a plugin manager, then this plugin may be uninstalled via uninstall Make target...
cd ~/git/hub/paranoid-linux/generate-random-password
make uninstall... Which will remove symbolic links and update the Vim help tags file.
To update in the future use make upgrade command...
cd ~/git/hub/paranoid-linux/generate-random-password
make upgradeAfter installation, plugin documentation may be accessed via Vim's man command...
man generate-random-password... or, via --help parameter...
generate-random-password --helpProvide minimum character length for random password to generate...
generate-random-password 32
#> LUy+c99K(t$sF I9XG"?.$8l/=Ld]xwTOr supply minimum and maximum range of characters...
generate-random-password 32 42
#> gbMCn>cC^OzF1/!9`sx0h|@9&f}YZ?B?4<+m(v>&XE... which generates a random password between min/max values; inclusively.
This repository may not be feature complete and/or fully functional, Pull Requests that add features or fix bugs are certainly welcomed.
Options for contributing to generate-random-password and paranoid-linux
Start making a Fork of this repository to an account that you have write permissions for.
- Add remote for fork URL. The URL syntax is
[email protected]:<NAME>/<REPO>.git...
cd ~/git/hub/paranoid-linux/generate-random-password
git remote add fork [email protected]:<NAME>/generate-random-password.git- Commit your changes and push to your fork, eg. to fix an issue...
cd ~/git/hub/paranoid-linux/generate-random-password
git commit -F- <<'EOF'
:bug: Fixes #42 Issue
**Edits**
- `<SCRIPT-NAME>` script, fixes some bug reported in issue
EOF
git push fork mainNote, the
-uoption may be used to setforkas the default remote, eg.git push fork mainhowever, this will also default theforkremote for pulling from too! Meaning that pulling updates fromoriginmust be done explicitly, eg.git pull origin main
- Then on GitHub submit a Pull Request through the Web-UI, the URL syntax is
https://github.com/<NAME>/<REPO>/pull/new/<BRANCH>
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Documentation for generating random passphrase of given length
Copyright (C) 2020 S0AndS0
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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