Random string generation in KSH

[Enrico Venturi]

Hello colleagues,
how can I generate random strings in Korn shell?

thanks
Enrico

[Pete Randall]

Enrico,

I used to use a rather crude script to generate 4 random characters for passwords. See attached.


Pete

[F Verschuren · Accepted solution]

just type
set |grep RANDOM

[Navin Bhat_2]

Hello Enrico,
You could use the strong random number generator KRNG11i. It is very secure and has high performance.

Here where to download free and read about it.
http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=KRNG11I