Secure-password

Shell

• Take your favorite terminal, and do simply this trick:

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pwgen -sync 40 1

• There you go, you have a secured random password containing 40 characters that you can store into your password manager.

• Then create an alias for it in your .bashrc:

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alias secure-password="pwgen -sync 40 1"

Explanations:

Utility

• pwgen: utility used to generate pronounceable passwords
• How to use:

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pwgen [ OPTION ] [ password length ] [ number of password generated ]

Options

• option -s: generate completely random, hard-to-memorize passwords.
• option -y: include at least one special character.
• option -n: include numbers.
• option -c: include at least one capital letter in the password.
• 40: number of characters
• 1: number of password generated

KeepassXC

• Use a tool like keepassXC to store locally your password on a password manager. Then you can choose a way to version it, for example git or nextcloud.