Adding non-openssl method to generate a random password

2026-05-21 23:36:48 +02:00 · 2020-01-27 10:26:10 -08:00
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@@ -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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