Re^2: need to auto generate user/password info

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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Re: need to auto generate user/password info by b10m (Vicar) on Jun 20, 2004 at 15:01 UTC
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. -- b10m All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.	[reply]
Re^2: need to auto generate user/password info by Seumas (Curate) on Jun 20, 2004 at 20:34 UTC
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!	[reply]