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Password generation

flinz edited this page Dec 11, 2014 · 12 revisions

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For any selected entry, clicking on the Generate button beneath the password field opens the password generation dialogue box. Here you can generate random passwords according to a number of rules.

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The password generation dialogue box

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Password

Displays the currently generated password. Clicking the rounded arrow on the right generates a new random password.

Length

The slider and input field allow adjusting the length of the generated password.

Entropy

This displays to be written.

Allowed characters

Passwords are generated as random combinations of characters selected here. In addition to upper (A-Z) and lower (a-z) case letters, you can choose to include numbers (0-9) and a selection of symbols (#!?). In addition you can enter characters into the 'Custom' field that are included in the password randomly.

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Set Defaults

Clicking this button stores the currently selected password generation rules as the defaults for the password generation dialogue box.

Use default only for selected entry

If this is checked, the password generation rules are stored as default only for this entry. This is useful for special policies or services, that require a frequent regeneration of passwords. Once an entry based default has been stored, it can be reset to the global default rules by holding the ALT key - this turns the 'Set Defaults' button into a 'Reset' button.