On Wed, Jun 11, 2008, Roland Smith wrote: >On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 09:20:30AM +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Excuse me my ignorance. Is there a utility in FreeBSD that would allow >> me to generate random passwords without actually creating any accounts >> or modifying existing ones? I am looking for something to allow me to >> generate a random string of characters. I know I can randomly hit the >> keyboard but if anything like that exists, many thanks for your advice. :) > >Using FreeBSD's random device: >tcsh syntax: >( dd if=/dev/random bs=6 count=1 | openssl base64 > /dev/tty ) > & /dev/null > >sh syntax: >dd if=/dev/random bs=6 count=1 2>/dev/null| openssl base64
I much prefer apg which can generate more-or-less pronounceable passwords which it is possible to remember (at least after typing them a few times :-). One of the biggest problems with random passwords is that they end up written on yellow-stickies on the monitor or under the keyboard. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law; and every time they make a law it's a joke. -- Will Rogers _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
