From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 18:30:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4839106566B for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:30:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1-6.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:1::12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A098FC0C for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:30:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:f025:8813:7603:7e4a] (saphire3.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:f025:8813:7603:7e4a]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7UIUeV4002233; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:30:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-ID: <4E5D2C42.4020603@sentex.net> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:30:26 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa Organization: Sentex Communications User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael References: <4E5D28E0.5050700@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E5D28E0.5050700@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:1::12 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: random generated password X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:30:44 -0000 On 8/30/2011 2:16 PM, Michael wrote: > Hello, > > When adding a new user it is possible to assign a random generated > password. But is it possible to assign a random password for already > existing users? 0(ich10)# pw useradd testuser1 -w random Password for 'testuser1' is: oFPw9BPe 0(ich10)# > > Preferably in a non-interactive and scriptable way. Is it possible with > the base system tools? 0(ich10)# pw usermod testuser1 -w random Password for 'testuser1' is: km.y0LScI3p1 0(ich10)# pw usermod testuser1 -w random Password for 'testuser1' is: P5RrhmUl4Np2 0(ich10)# ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/