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Date:      Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:49:39 +0200
From:      Baptiste Grenier <baptiste.grenier@healthgrid.org>
To:        Zbigniew Szalbot <z.szalbot@lc-words.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: generating random passwords
Message-ID:  <20080611074939.GA14634@healthgrid.org>
In-Reply-To: <484F7CBE.5060401@lc-words.com>
References:  <484F7CBE.5060401@lc-words.com>

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Le 11/06/08 =E0 09:22, Zbigniew Szalbot t=E9l=E9scripta :
> Hello,

Hello,

> Excuse me my ignorance. Is there a utility in FreeBSD that would allow =
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> me to generate random passwords without actually creating any accounts =
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> or modifying existing ones? I am looking for something to allow me to =20
> generate a random string of characters. I know I can randomly hit the =20
> keyboard but if anything like that exists, many thanks for your advice.=
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> :)

apg[1] could do the trick, it could generate different kind of
passwords, eiher pronounceable or unpronounceable.

% apg -a1 -m64
jVMH8f]~[nZ\Bs2"a-b*,gYPI<YW0P?+I~A'd/,M(8B~w'i`siSn!5_B|NA<1'hx
!<e/599bdWH)oE8Y5=3Dm]F6|jy6Iasa8`BytT/kyqP{_0WKIyu8j:@`!v,*a(DXWa
"QJn%pSXAF\4y8gRyiCi]uc^/U+K|)bn!#mvrL]LA7f5!woo,jHBTM(9IUx+.'wS
3.7}7uo\XF9s0z;~6{n\MlV6*0EfHJOQZpNM~'Z4hsl#nZvnz(Q4{kjP(]Q.0)#R
8"|;gS2R7f4Wn@L39PTI6A'a(sT;+OMlpcYg%VI/%4Kg=3DJ<tBr@{MRgLh</VVJ51
R4Qq@Wu0.Pr93Ev"67dgAf;"dq)j,"8[mL/ZjGUR>L=3Du9_&zt~+:OXg$jDE{JnRx

% apg -a0 -m8
DykavWabjo
eyHeefVoc
Agdeikkeo
ivEncig1
ipfevDyod
MywranEn1

Ref:
[1] - http://www.freshports.org/security/apg/

>
> Best regards,

Regards,
Baptiste

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HealthGrid SysAdmin
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