https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/random-string-generation-in-ksh/m-p/3249275#M891841 just type<BR />set |grep RANDOM Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:11:19 GMT F Verschuren 2004-04-16T07:11:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/random-string-generation-in-ksh/m-p/3249273#M891839 Hello colleagues, <BR />how can I generate random strings in Korn shell?<BR /><BR />thanks<BR />Enrico Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:24:04 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/random-string-generation-in-ksh/m-p/3249273#M891839 Enrico Venturi 2004-04-15T10:24:04Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/random-string-generation-in-ksh/m-p/3249274#M891840 Enrico,<BR /><BR />I used to use a rather crude script to generate 4 random characters for passwords. See attached.<BR /><BR /><BR />Pete Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:28:52 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/random-string-generation-in-ksh/m-p/3249274#M891840 Pete Randall 2004-04-15T10:28:52Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/random-string-generation-in-ksh/m-p/3249275#M891841 just type<BR />set |grep RANDOM Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:11:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/random-string-generation-in-ksh/m-p/3249275#M891841 F Verschuren 2004-04-16T07:11:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/random-string-generation-in-ksh/m-p/3249276#M891842 Hello Enrico,<BR /> You could use the strong random number generator KRNG11i. It is very secure and has high performance.<BR /><BR />Here where to download free and read about it.<BR /><A href="http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=KRNG11I" target="_blank">http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=KRNG11I</A> Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:22:07 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/random-string-generation-in-ksh/m-p/3249276#M891842 Navin Bhat_2 2004-04-16T11:22:07Z