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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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 stro
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 prac
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 password
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 -w random
thanks a lot :-)
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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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 -w random
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