#!/usr/bin/env bash # Filename: makepass.bash # Purpose: Creating random passwords. # Authors: Dennis Eriksen # Bug-Reports: Email # License: This file is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license. ################################################################################ # This script generates random passwords. ################################################################################ # Copyright (c) 2018-2023 Dennis Eriksen • d@ennis.no MAX=255 # max length of passwords RANGE_MAX=42 # max length when using random length RANGE_MIN=8 # min length when using random length PASS_WORDS=8 # number of words in passphrases LOWER='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' UPPER='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' DIGIT='0123456789' OTHER='!#$%&/()=?+-_,.;:<>[]{}|@*' ALPHA=${LOWER}${UPPER} ALNUM=${ALPHA}${DIGIT} EVERY=${ALNUM}${OTHER} LENGTH=${MAKEPASS_LENGTH:-0} # length of passwords. 0 means "random number between RANGE_MIN and RANGE_MAX" NUMBER=${MAKEPASS_NUMBER:-10} # number of passwords PRINTLEN=${MAKEPASS_PRINTLEN:-0} # print length of passwords NORMAL=${MAKEPASS_NORMAL:-$ALNUM'-_'} SPECIAL=${MAKEPASS_SPECIAL:-$EVERY} WORDLIST=${MAKEPASS_WORDLIST:-/usr/share/dict/words} XWIDTH=$(tput cols) WORDS=() # # Functions # # makepass-function function main { # Getopts while getopts 'hl:n:p' opt; do case $opt in h) help && return 0;; l) if ! int_in_range "$OPTARG" 0 "$MAX"; then die "-l takes a number between 0 and $MAX"; fi LENGTH=$OPTARG;; n) if ! int_in_range "$OPTARG" 1 "$MAX"; then die "-n takes a number between 1 and $MAX"; fi NUMBER=$OPTARG;; p) PRINTLEN=1;; *) die "Unknown argument";; esac done shift $((OPTIND - 1)) # # Some error-checking # if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then die "only one argument"; fi if [[ -n $1 ]]; then LENGTH=$1; fi # Check $LENGTH and $NUMBER if ! int_in_range "$LENGTH" 0 "$MAX"; then die "length must be a number between 0 and $MAX"; fi if ! int_in_range "$NUMBER" 0 "$MAX"; then die "number-argument must be between and $MAX"; fi # # Some other work # if (( PRINTLEN )); then PRINTLEN=$((LENGTH < 100 ? 2 : 3)); fi COL_WIDTH=$(( ( LENGTH ? LENGTH : RANGE_MAX ) + 2 )) COL_NUM=$(( XWIDTH / ( COL_WIDTH + ( PRINTLEN ? PRINTLEN + 1 : 0 )) )) # # Print! # print_columns "Normal passwords" "$NUMBER" "$NORMAL" echo "" print_columns "Passwords with special characters" "$((NUMBER*2/3))" "$SPECIAL" if [ -r "${MAKEPASS_WORDLIST}" ]; then echo "" echo "Passphrases:" mapfile -t WORDS < "${WORDLIST}" for ((i=0; i < (NUMBER / 2); i++)); do passphrase done; fi } # Function to print passwords in neat columns function print_columns { local title=$1 local num=$2 local chars=$3 local i local strings=() for ((i=0; i < num; i++)); do strings+=("$(randstring "$chars")") done echo "${title}:" i=0 for s in "${strings[@]}"; do ((i++)) if (( PRINTLEN )); then printf "%0${PRINTLEN}i " "${#s}"; fi printf "%-${COL_WIDTH}s" "$s" if ((i % COL_NUM == 0 || (i == num && i % COL_NUM > 0) )); then echo ""; fi done } # Function to create random strings function randstring { local chars=${1:-$NORMAL} local string local len=$(( LENGTH ? LENGTH : RANDOM % (RANGE_MAX - RANGE_MIN + 1) + RANGE_MIN )) string+="${ALPHA:$((RANDOM % ${#ALPHA})):1}" while (( ${#string} <= len - 2 )); do string+="${chars:$((RANDOM % ${#chars})):1}"; done if (( len >= 2 )); then string+="${ALNUM:$((RANDOM % ${#ALNUM})):1}"; fi echo "$string" } # PASSPHRASE!! function passphrase { local string local i for ((i=0; i < PASS_WORDS; i++)); do string+="${WORDS[$((RANDOM % ${#WORDS[@]}))]}-" done string="${string:0:-1}" echo "$string" } # Check if int and if in range function int_in_range { local num=$1 local min=$2 local max=$3 if [[ $num =~ ^[0-9]+$ && $min -le $num && $num -le $max ]]; then return 0 fi return 1 } # Function to die function die() { echo -- "$@" echo -- "Maybe try running \`makepass -h\` for help" exit 1 } # Help-function function help { echo $'NAME makepass - create several random passwords SYNOPSIS makepass [OPTIONS] [NUM] If a NUM is provided, passwords will be NUM characters long. By default `makepass` will output passwords from the three following classes: - Normal passwords - random strings with letters (both lower and upper case), numbers, and dashes and underscores. - Passwords with special characters - random strings generated from lower and upper case letters, numbers, and the following characters: !#$%&/()=?+-_,.;:<>[]{}|@* - Passphrases - if we find a dictionary, a series of eight random words from the dictionary, separated by dashes. The number of words can not be changed, but you do not have to use all of them. Use as mane as you want. The first character will always be alphabetic, and the last will always be alphanumeric. DESCRIPTION makepass has the following options: -h output this help-text -l length of passwords. See MAKEPASS_LENGTH below -n number of passwords. See MAKEPASS_NUMBER below -p print length of number ENVIRONMENT makepass examines the following environmental variables. MAKEPASS_LENGTH Specifies the length of passwords. Valid values are 0-255. If 0, a random value between 8 and 42 will be used for each password. -l overrides this environmental variable, and the argument NUM overrides that again. So `MAKEPASS_LENGTH=10 makepass -l 12 14` will give passwords that are 14 characters long, even though both -l and MAKEPASS_LENGTH also specifies a length. MAKEPASS_NUMBER The number of passwords to generate. This formula is used to determine how many passwords from each group should be generated: - (n) normal passwords - (n / 3 * 2 + 1) special passwords - (n / 2) passphrases Where n is 10 by default. Valid values for n are 1-255. Floating-poing math is not used, so results may vary. MAKEPASS_PRINTLEN If 1, print length of all passwords. If 0, don\'t. MAKEPASS_NORMAL String of characters from which to generate "normal" passwords. Defaults to: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789-_ MAKEPASS_SPECIAL String of characters from which to generate passwords with special characters. Defaults to the same characters as in MAKEPASS_NORMAL, plus these: !#$%&/()=?+-_,.;:<>[]{}|@* MAKEPASS_WORDLIST Specifies the dictionary we find words for passphrases in. If this is unset or empty, we try "/usr/share/dict/words". If that file does not exist, no passphrases will be provided. NOTES This scripts makes use of $RANDOM - a builtin in bash which produces a pseudo-random integer, newly generated each time the parameter is referenced. This should provide enough randomnes to generate sufficiently secure passwords. AUTHOR Dennis Eriksen ' return 0 } # RUN IT! main "${@:-}" ## END OF FILE #################################################################