#!/bin/bash # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval (baltakatei.com) # # License: This bash script, `bknpass`, is licensed under GPLv3 or # later by Steven Baltakatei Sandoval: # # `bknpass`, an alphanumeric password generator # Copyright (C) 2021 Steven Baltakatei Sandoval (baltakatei.com) # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # A copy of the GNU General Public License may be found at # . # # Description: This bash script generates alphanumeric passphrases # with a char-count determined by a user-provided number of bits of # entropy. The passphrase is then outputted to stdout with a trailing # newline. It works as follows: # # - Prompt user for an integer. This integer is the number of bits # of entropy that the generated password should have. # # - Check if user-provided string is an integer using `bash` regular # expression test. # # - Calculate the minimum number of bech32 base32 characters # required to encode the specified number of bits of entropy. # # - This step uses `bc` to calculate a logarithm float string # and `awk` to convert the float into an integer, rounding up. # # - Use `tr`, `/dev/urandom`, and `head` to generate a random # alphanumeric string with the length calculated in the previous # step. # # - Use `echo` to display the passphrase in stdout with a trailing # newline. # # Usage: bknpass [int] # # Example: bknpass 256 # # Dependencies: bash, echo, bc, awk, tr, head. See end of file # # Tested on: # # - GNU/Linux Debian 10 #==Initialization== let ALPHABET_SIZE="32" # number of unique chars in bech32 base32 charset LOG_BASE=2 # Set logarithm base to 2 # Define `echoerr` function which outputs text to stderr # Note: function copied from https://stackoverflow.com/a/2990533 function echoerr { echo "$@" 1>&2; } # Define `rpass` function which generates a base32 passphrase of length $1 (ex: `rpass 20` generates a 20-char string) # Note: function adapted from https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/04/unix-bash-function-examples/ # Note: base32 charset uses bech32 charset function rpass { cat /dev/urandom | LC_ALL=C tr -cd "qpzry9x8gf2tvdw0s3jn54khce6mua7l" | head -c ${1:-22} } #==Main Program== # Define $ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 as argument $1 or prompt user if $1 is not defined. # Note: argument test adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/6482403 if [ -z "$1" ] then echo "Entropy bit count argument (\$1) not supplied." # Get from user the number of bits of entropy. echoerr -n "Please specify the required strength of the password in bits of entropy (ex: 256):" # prompt via stderr read ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 else ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1="$1" fi # Check if $ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 is an non-negative integer # Note: Regular expression test is adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/806923 RETEST1='^[0-9]+$' if ! [[ $ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 =~ $RETEST1 ]] ; then echo "error: Not an integer." >&2; exit 1 fi # Calculate minimum count of chars needed to encode $ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 with alphabet size of $ALPHABET_SIZE as float # Solve ln(a^n)/ln(2)=b for n using `bc` where # a=$ALPHABET_SIZE # n=$CHAR_COUNT1_FLOAT # b=$ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 # Note: `bc` logarithm usage adapted from http://phodd.net/gnu-bc/bcfaq.html#bashlog CHAR_COUNT1_FLOAT=$(echo "$ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1*l($LOG_BASE)/l($ALPHABET_SIZE)" | bc -l) # Note: Float will be of form "21.49744370650136860806". # Note: This particular example float should be rounded to "22" later. # Round $CHAR_COUNT1_FLOAT1 up to next highest integer for use as argument in later bash functions. # Note: awk expression from https://bits.mdminhazulhaque.io/linux/round-number-in-bash-script.html CHAR_COUNT1=$(echo "$CHAR_COUNT1_FLOAT" | awk '{print ($0-int($0)>0)?int($0)+1:int($0)}') # Generate passphrase PASS1=$(rpass "$CHAR_COUNT1") echo -e "$PASS1" #==References== # # - How to echo a string as stderr instead of stdout. # https://stackoverflow.com/a/2990533 # Author: James Roth # Date: 2010-06-07T14:52Z # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - How to check if script argument exists or not. # https://stackoverflow.com/a/6482403 # Author: phoxix # Date: 2011-06-26T05:55Z # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - How to check that a string is an integer using regular expression test. # https://stackoverflow.com/a/806923 # Author: Charles Duffy # Date: 2009-04-30T13:32Z # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - How to use `bc` to calculate logarithms in Bash # http://phodd.net/gnu-bc/bcfaq.html#bashlog # Author: unknown # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - How to use `awk` to convert and round up a float to an integer. # https://bits.mdminhazulhaque.io/linux/round-number-in-bash-script.html # Author: Md. Minhazul Haque # Date: 2015-01-09 # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - How to use `/dev/urandom`, `tr`, and `head` to generate a random password in Bash. # https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/04/unix-bash-function-examples/ # Author: SASIKALA, Ramesh Natarajan # Date: 2010-04-21 # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - Bech32 base32 charset # https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki # Author: Pieter Wuille # Date: 2017-03-20 # License: BSD-2-Clause # Date: Accessed: 2021-01-23 # # - Dependencies: bash, echo, bc, awk, tr, head. # # - GNU bash, version 5.0.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) # Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later # This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. # There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. # # - echo (GNU coreutils) 8.30 # Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . # This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. # There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. # # Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey. # # - bc 1.07.1 # Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # - GNU Awk 4.2.1, API: 2.0 (GNU MPFR 4.0.2, GNU MP 6.1.2) # Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2018 Free Software Foundation. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. # # - tr (GNU coreutils) 8.30 # Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . # This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. # There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. # # Written by Jim Meyering. # # - head (GNU coreutils) 8.30 # Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . # This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. # There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. # # Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.