This post is more a note to myself than a message I want to deliver to me struggling readers. There are two utilities for generating random passwords and one hack-around.
pwgen
Generates MANY passwords simultaneously. Very handy if somebody is behind your back watching you.
[root@hp ~]# pwgen OVo4jiev Cohkah0r Iesev0ec thefuz0F asho6Zai em3tok5I Quoogh2k leeRuhi1 Eica7gie aew1ieTh Ukeewie3 Tee3aesa zasiCie7 iey9Ugho Eex5phae aip2ohHe uL8AGee2 bux8rohX Aiv1voo2 AeS5thie uli1Shai aeWee0ai sha6aeV2 ni2Oong4 ahji7AiW rei0za9A uK1eih8a phoo4Aih taiGh0ab uod2ho8I tooX9coh jeeC5pie ohxiCh7u oluif8Co OhTieC7e Phuro0sh eeca7Atu yee3Aeve Iwi1nige aiyu3Ein AiCee0ba eC5Saehi voa2Aina ge4eiWee che8EeD2 Ait5ohth aQuahp4o oosou2Si wa3aitiZ fah2oGhu do8oor5A Ied9Erob Caizei5a meeFai6b roh8WooW Lah8ieph Eixoh6zi Cee8eidi eeChah6I eMohrij7 Zeisu0ha oech6Ae9 cioreT6p ee2Ohsha Uu6yae5V zohShea8 Eizubo9r Reek2eiv Aak0veb7 phei3Ife onaeh7Oo jaiMopi9 Phohm9vi Ai3EeYie aequeeN8 eCiug9ei keiRee6I Aikei9wo tugh5Pae yie4maTu eiH5Jei4 aeChia4I ahs3seeS eeg6Pa7M pei8Jooy ih1phiDu jee1ai4U uuY6eRai wee5si4I ui2AhSoa Shee9EeB ahV4oof9 cei3pheZ iB5daw3u saegh4Lo Waroo1ah aeth1Loo ohReesh4 Saidae7o meB7tha6 Eetae9Oh meiyiR5e AeTooc3c Bu0ou0se Ahree5Of eiwuJie9 Cuogh7ae eekeeB8V ruu0Yoqu angie1Ki Oang3eeb Oobe9jiP Loo3Oova yieNee0n moo2aiSh aem6ooD3 Paehoh2w xee6Ooph acahph2A kooGu5Ie hag2Buon chah4Bii xaequ4In Ooy9Lohk oophoh4N Oo5Roh4a Phe8choo xa2Thoo4 XahBoo4j eeHah2ai Quaico6D Lauh0eiF Eiv9ga9c ih9pooPh aedeLaS3 ohleiGo2 aPh7wivi le4Xah9d lahl4Hei shu2Kuch OhfeDi7z Aengaej7 Phie4oom eige6Fae Xaesh2Ju iN7Coh3S The8Ij4z kae0OGhi Shei6ohp RooReim6 Pheih3Ai Aikah8sh taiph4Ei kaoRoh1f om0moh3S uaphee7E lab4Xu9k kahh3saZ ain8Zeic Uu1fohvo
apg
Generates few random passwords.
[root@hp ~]# apg johebud6 VuwejThig1 TegtuIdNi FlabEpNeec bytjeewk voyHatadd5
Unix hacker’s way.
This way is considered to be insecure, but Jesus! Who would know you have used this freaking way!
for ((n=0;n<10;n++)); do dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 2> /dev/null | base64 | sed -ne 2p | cut -c-8; done