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From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Subject: Re: generating random passwords
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>
> 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

example:

[wojtek@wojtek ~]$ cat bin/genpwd
#!/bin/sh
dd if=/dev/urandom bs=8 count=1 2>/dev/null |hexdump|cut -b 9-12,14-17,19-22,24-27