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# apg.go
_apg.pl_ is a simple APG-like password generator script written in Go. It tries to replicate the functionality of the "[Automated Password Generator](https://web.archive.org/web/20130313042424/http://www.adel.nursat.kz:80/apg)", which hasn't been maintained since 2003. Since more and more Unix distributions are abondoning the tool, I was looking for an alternative. FreeBSD for example recommends "security/makepasswd", which is also written in Perl but requires much more dependency packages and doesn't offer the feature-set/flexibility of APG. Therefore I decided to write my own implementation. As I never used the "pronouncable password" functionality, I left this out in my version.
_apg.pl_ is a simple APG-like password generator script written in Go. It tries to replicate the
functionality of the
"[Automated Password Generator](https://web.archive.org/web/20130313042424/http://www.adel.nursat.kz:80/apg)",
which hasn't been maintained since 2003. Since more and more Unix distributions are abondoning the tool, I was
looking for an alternative. FreeBSD for example recommends "security/makepasswd", which is written in Perl
but requires a lot of dependency packages and doesn't offer the feature-set/flexibility of APG. Therefore, as a
first attempt, I decided to write [my own implementation in Perl](https://github.com/wneessen/passwordGen), but since
I just started learning Go, I gave it another try and reproduced apg.pl in Go as apg.go. Again, as I never used
the "pronouncable password" functionality, I left this out in this version.
## Usage
Simply add the execute-flag to the script and run it
Either use the binary releases, unzip them and simply execute them:
```sh
$ unzip apg_v0.2.0_linux_amd64.zip
$ chmod +x apg
$ ./apg
```
Or download the sources and build the binary yourselves:
```sh
$ go build apg.go
$ ./apg
```
## Systemwide installation
To be a proper APG replacement, i suggest to install it into a directory in your PATH and symlink it to "apg":