in reply to need to auto generate user/password info

Though I agree with arden, I don't think it will cause any harm to give you a hint to start off with. This node on Perlmonks suggests the use of the Crypt::GeneratePassword module available from CPAN. Once you've learned some Perl, I think you'll find it easy to incorporate in your code. As for learning Perl itself, you should get a book, but meanwhile the Tutorials may be a good place to start.
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Re^2: need to auto generate user/password info
by Seumas (Curate) on Jun 20, 2004 at 09:19 UTC
    I just call passwdgen to generate my passwords. It may not be as portable but it does offer a ton of flexibility. 
    sub generatePassword {
    my $password = `passwdgen -pa --length=6`;
    $password =~ s/Your password is: (.*)/$1/;
    chomp $password;
    return $password;
}

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      Of course you could also use something like Crypt::PassGen (Crypt::PassGen - Generate a random password that looks like a real word). The generated passwords aren't perfect, but it usually suits me for non-critical things and the generated passwords are usually quite easy to remember, for the look like real words.

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      b10m

      All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.
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        Cool, I'll have to play with that a bit. I, of course, allow users to create their own passwords but I use an authorization process that requires them to use the system generated password to initialize their account. I chose passwdgen without too much thought, because it works and I'm familiar with it and needed a quick solution to the cruddy little hacked-up generator I had written from scratch.

        Thanks for the tip!
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