That works, I just pulled the code from a script I already use which includes multiple character types.
- Sean > On Jun 28, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Stephen Gestwicki <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why wouldn’t you just use this for your middle line which is much easier to > read: > $a = Get-Random -Minimum 1000 -Maximum 9999 > > - Stephen > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Sean Martin > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 1:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Create random password > > The ascii range for numbers 0-9 is <48-57>, so something like this? > > $pass = "your convention" > $a = ([char[]](Get-Random -Input (48..57) -Count 4)) -Join '' > $password = $pass + $a > > - Sean > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Christopher Baio <[email protected]> wrote: > I need to programmatically auto generate them, but they must follow my > convention. The password will need to contain four random digits 0-9. > > - Chris > > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Create random password > Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:48:06 +0000 > > Are you looking to programmatically auto generate those passwords? Or just a > way to get 300 at a time that you manually add to the CSV file? > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of geoff_taylor geoff_taylor > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 11:29 AM > To: ntsysadm <[email protected]>; Christopher Baio <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Create random password > > > > If read you correctly you already have a script that pulls from a csv. You > could just add a new column to the csv and pre-populate that with randomly > generated passwords in your favourite spreadsheet program, then modify your > script to pull that in as well. Lots of random password formulas for > spreadsheets on the web. > > gt > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Christopher Baio <[email protected]> > Date: June 28, 2016 at 10:35 AM > > I have a powershell script to create user accounts in a specific OU that will > pull from a .csv. That script sets variables for the user, one of them being > a password that you specify in the script. What I need to do is use a script > to create the 300 users, but have a different password for each user. > > We have a naming convention for the password; just trying to figure out the > best way to do this. Any suggestions? > > Thanks > > - Chris > > > > > ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments > to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt > from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not > the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, > distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the > sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any > attachments. Thank you. >
