Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] pointed out to me that if the man page for mkpasswd is
correct then this shouldn't be the problem, and that it may be a seeding
problem. The code appears to seed of pid and uses its own generator:
set _ran [pid]
proc rand {m} {
global _ran
set period 259200
set _ran [expr ($_ran*7141 + 54773) % $period]
expr int($m*($_ran/double($period)))
}
Anyhow, writing a perl/any language replacement would be a good move for
anyone who's been using this command.
Cheers
Shez
On Thursday 12 April 2001 00:55, you wrote:
> Although I wonder if they're not outweighing the risk of dropping some of
> those rules over the risk of having fewer possible passwords. (Not to say
> that I agree with that, though.)
>
> Lee.
