============================================================ = TIPS FOR APG = ============================================================ = This file contains some tips for APG. = = = = 1. If You wish to submit a tip please send an email to = = and if i find it useful i'll put = = Your tip in the APG_TIPS file of the next release. = = I will also put Your tip on the APG website as soon = = as it posible. = = 2. If you wish to remove or update Your tip please send = = en email to . I will remove/update = = Your tip in the APG_TIPS file of the next release. = = I'll remove/update Your tip on the APG website as = = soon as it posible. = = = = Adel I Mirzazhanov = = a-del@iname.com = ============================================================ ###################################################### # 1. Elimination of certain characters from the output # by Barton Hodges ###################################################### I don't like to use "o"'s or "l"'s in my passwords because they looke like zeros and ones instead of O's and L's. I hacked together a little shell script to accomplish the elimination of certain characters from the output. ----------[cut here] #!/bin/sh genpw () { PW=$(/usr/local/bin/apg -L -m 10 -x 10 -n 1 | egrep -v [owl]) if [ "$PW" != "" ]; then echo $PW return 0; else return 1; fi } until genpw; do : ; done ----------[cut here] Note: Since apg-2.1.0b0 you can use [-e char_string] option to do the same thing. ####################################################### # 2. APG and xinetd # by Tomaz Zupan ####################################################### I use xinetd instead of inetd as per your documentation, so I hope you (or anyone using apgd) might find usefull this xinetd.conf entry. Arguments are tailored according to my needs, but that shouldn't be a problem for anyone that read man pages ... --------> [cut here] # default: on # description: APGD is a deamon that returns randomly generated password service pwdgen { port = 129 socket_type = stream wait = no only_from = localhost user = pismonosa server = /usr/local/sbin/apgd server_args = -M ln -n 1 -m 6 -x 8 -a 1 instances = 1 log_on_failure += USERID disable = no } --------> [cut here] ###################################################### # 3. APG and PHP script # from http://www.forth.com/rick/ ###################################################### After building and installing APG, you must make it easily available. The simplest is as a web-page reference. The simplest way to do this is by a php script located in the root of the web server's data tree: --------> [cut here]

--------> [cut here] ###################################################### # 4. APG v2.1.0b0 and [R,r] letters in mode string # by Adel I. Mirzazhanov ###################################################### Since version 2.1.0b0 You can not use symbols R,r to ask APG not to generate symbols (' ` | \ ? $ ") when You plan to use special symbol set for password generation. But You stil can get the same resault with new option [-e char_string] (see apg(1)). Just run APG like this: apg -a1 -M s -e \'\`\|\?\$\"\\ This method will work for random password generation only.