Frank Bonnet wrote:
Hello
Is there a possibility to use as a standalone software
the adduser feature that generate random passwd.
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
Thank you
Frank
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Hello
Is there a possibility to use as a standalone software
the adduser feature that generate random passwd.
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
Thank you
Frank
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Frank Bonnet wrote:
Is there a possibility to use as a standalone software
the adduser feature that generate random passwd.
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
/usr/sbin/pw usermod username -w random
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Frank Bonnet wrote:
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
Here's an idea:
$ head -c 64 /dev/random | md5 | head -c 10
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Sahil Tandon wrote:
Frank Bonnet wrote:
Is there a possibility to use as a standalone software
the adduser feature that generate random passwd.
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
/usr/sbin/pw usermod username -w random
thanks a lot :-)
On Monday 08 January 2007 5:26 am, Ivan Voras wrote:
Here's an idea:
$ head -c 64 /dev/random | md5 | head -c 10
Hugely bad idea. Since md5 outputs hex, you're only getting 4 bits of
entropy per character. Much better to use something like sysutils/pwgen to
generate good random passwords.
Kirk Strauser wrote:
On Monday 08 January 2007 5:26 am, Ivan Voras wrote:
Here's an idea:
$ head -c 64 /dev/random | md5 | head -c 10
Hugely bad idea. Since md5 outputs hex, you're only getting 4 bits of
entropy per character.
Yes, with 10 characters that's 5 bytes of practically
Ivan Voras wrote:
Frank Bonnet wrote:
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
Here's an idea:
$ head -c 64 /dev/random | md5 | head -c 10
... or, following the upthread discussion, a preferable alternative:
openssl rand -base64 6
This will generate a strong
