From a3cf4b2efb529915ffc323ab35b1fd3a1cb53674 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Stevens <xstevens@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:26:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Adding non-openssl method to generate a random password

---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82b7404..476921c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -559,6 +559,12 @@ Good for quick passwords without human element.
 $ openssl rand -base64 24
 ```
 
+If `openssl` is not available then we can also use `head` to read from `/dev/urandom`.
+
+```
+$ head -c 32 < /dev/urandom | xxd -p -c 32
+```
+
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 **8.ii. Linux transportable encrypted filesystems**