mkpasswd

[Aleksandar Kostadinov]

Hi,

in Fedora 28 I used the command `mkpasswd` [1] to generate passwords
according to different criteria.  Now in Fedora 30 this command asks for
a password to encrypt for /etc/passwd usage.

Any ideas how do I get back the old `mkpasswd`?

[1] https://linux.die.net/man/1/mkpasswd

[Ben Cotton]

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 9:15 AM Aleksandar Kostadinov
 wrote:
> in Fedora 28 I used the command `mkpasswd` [1] to generate passwords
> according to different criteria.  Now in Fedora 30 this command asks for
> a password to encrypt for /etc/passwd usage.

Would pwgen(1)[1] do what you need?

[1] https://linux.die.net/man/1/pwgen

[Cameron Simpson]

On 15May2019 16:13, Aleksandar Kostadinov  wrote:
> in Fedora 28 I used the command `mkpasswd` [1] to generate passwords
> according to different criteria.  Now in Fedora 30 this command asks for
> a password to encrypt for /etc/passwd usage.
>
> Any ideas how do I get back the old `mkpasswd`?
>
> [1] https://linux.die.net/man/1/mkpasswd

Maybe mkpasswd now comes from something else. IIRC mkpasswd came from 
the expect package.

But, yeah, if that doesn't sort it, use another tool. Ben suggested 
pwgen, and I've got a script of my own called "mkpw" which generates a 
16 character random hex string.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Cameron Simpson  said:
> But, yeah, if that doesn't sort it, use another tool. Ben suggested
> pwgen, and I've got a script of my own called "mkpw" which generates
> a 16 character random hex string.

Just FYI: openssl CLI can do that with "openssl rand -hex 8".

[Cameron Simpson]

On 15May2019 18:46, Chris Adams  wrote:
> Once upon a time, Cameron Simpson  said:
> > But, yeah, if that doesn't sort it, use another tool. Ben suggested
> > pwgen, and I've got a script of my own called "mkpw" which generates
> > a 16 character random hex string.
>
> Just FYI: openssl CLI can do that with "openssl rand -hex 8".

Nice! - Cameron Simpson