If the parameter -y is given at the command line app-admin/pwgen-2.06 should create passwords with special characters. But it doesn't always create passwords with special characters depending on the order of the given parameters. With this command line it doesn't include special characters in the passwords: pwgen -c -n -y -s 10 14 With this command line it includes special characters as usual: pwgen -c -n -s -y 10 14