Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:34:39 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: random generated password Message-ID: <CAHu1Y71DmKEatXcx5yMLDEUwE2SpBNEgr=vZ-9DysPWEK4QDCQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHu1Y72RGC5K2FPYk2Fq28zNkypAfg8YJrL=AQ6ht2S6wzf_nA@mail.gmail.com> References: <4E5D28E0.5050700@gmail.com> <CAHu1Y72RGC5K2FPYk2Fq28zNkypAfg8YJrL=AQ6ht2S6wzf_nA@mail.gmail.com>
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dd if=/dev/random count=1 | tr -c "[:alnum:]" '0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-a-z0-9A-Za-z' will give you the right kind of characters to use, for example. On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> wrote: > Presumably you're doing this to prevent direct login? > > chpass allows root to set the encrypted password directly > > chpass -p '$1$123456789$your-random-chars-here' > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com> 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? >> >> Preferably in a non-interactive and scriptable way. Is it possible with the >> base system tools? >> >> Michael >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >
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