Bash scripting 22 – passwords
Having a secure password is really important, but thinking of one can be difficult, you can use three random words such as
CanBookBoard2024%
I have added some numbers and a special symbol here as some websites will insist on more than just upper and lower case letters.
Tbankfully bash has a tool for this
apg - generates several random passwords
You can find more information in the man page
man apg
The example below
apg -m 15 -M SNC
which produces
thuhuHersyoywik2
SindEjpiTrildaf3
Biabodke0skyudha
JeKneapFelu5gDom
neHydishGijcis02
NefNan2JeymDabas
So looking at this
-m 15 – tells apg min password length should be 15 characters -M SNC
Forces apg to use (you need SNC in capitals to force this) * special symbols e.g: %^&* * numerical characters, e.g 1234 * capital letters
Using -M SNC will give the same result.
To change the password on a GNU/Linux system use
passwd
Tags
#Bash,#Bashscripting,#BashScripting#apg,#Security,#Password,#Generation
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