Random password generator (BASH)
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:28 pm
NOTE: Basically, this post here's a copy/summary of Nixcraft's "HowTo: Linux Random Password Generator Command" on cyberciti.biz:
In order to conveniently generate random passwords for accounts, add the following function code to your "~/.bashrc":
Now the command "genpasswd" will generate a 16-digit random password with characters from: A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and underscore "_".
Thank you ver much Nixcraft for this nice howto (and therefore tool).
In order to conveniently generate random passwords for accounts, add the following function code to your "~/.bashrc":
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genpasswd() {
local l=$1
[ "$l" == "" ] && l=16
tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ < /dev/urandom | head -c ${l} | xargs
}Thank you ver much Nixcraft for this nice howto (and therefore tool).