Usage:
mcookie [options]
Generate magic cookies for xauth.
Options:
-f, --file <file> use file as a cookie seed
-m, --max-size <num> limit how much is read from seed files
-v, --verbose explain what is being done
-h, --help display this help
-V, --version display version
Arguments:
Values for <num> may be followed by a suffix: KiB, MiB,
GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB, or YiB (where the "iB" is optional).
For more details see mcookie(1).
Options (5)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-f, --file file | Use this file as an additional source of randomness (for example /dev/urandom). | help + man |
-m, --max-size num | Read from file only this number of bytes. | help + man |
-v, --verbose | Inform where randomness originated, with amount of entropy read from each source. | help + man |
-h, --help | Display help text and exit. | help + man |
-V, --version | Display version and exit. | help + man |
Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.