pwgen

Documentation

Index

• Constants
• func GeneratePassword(length int, symbols bool) string
• func GeneratePasswordCharset(length int, chars string) string
• func GeneratePasswordCharsetCheck(length int, chars string) string
• func GeneratePasswordWithAllClasses(length int) (string, error)

Constants

const (

	// CharAlphaNum is the class of alpha-numeric characters
	CharAlphaNum = digits + upper + lower
	// CharAll is the class of all characters
	CharAll = digits + upper + lower + syms
)

Functions

func GeneratePassword

func GeneratePassword(length int, symbols bool) string

GeneratePassword generates a random, hard to remember password

func GeneratePasswordCharset

func GeneratePasswordCharset(length int, chars string) string

GeneratePasswordCharset generates a random password from a given set of characters

func GeneratePasswordCharsetCheck

func GeneratePasswordCharsetCheck(length int, chars string) string

GeneratePasswordCharsetCheck generates a random password from a given set of characters and validates the generated password with crunchy

func GeneratePasswordWithAllClasses

func GeneratePasswordWithAllClasses(length int) (string, error)

GeneratePasswordWithAllClasses tries to enforce a password which contains all character classes instead of only enabling them. This is especially useful for broken (corporate) password policies that mandate the use of certain character classes for not good reason