Bug#427969: pwgen generates less-secure passwords when its output is not a TTY

On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:58:23AM -0600, Dwayne Litzenberger wrote: > Package: pwgen > Version: 2.05-1 > > pwgen has the unexpected behaviour of generating less secure passwords when > its output is redirected. > > $ pwgen -s 32 1 > e3imCjWk9l3SwlJASdrgjdRyMzPi7WGp > $ pwgen -s 32 1

Bug#427969: pwgen generates less-secure passwords when its output is not a TTY

Package: pwgen Version: 2.05-1 Severity: important Tags: patch pwgen has the unexpected behaviour of generating less secure passwords when its output is redirected. $ pwgen -s 32 1 e3imCjWk9l3SwlJASdrgjdRyMzPi7WGp $ pwgen -s 32 1 | cat mtsgeuanmxwdsyiygqazzvxztdrkfnop The attach