Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site rdin2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!decvax!mcnc!philabs!rdin2!perl From: perl@rdin2.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: random password generator Message-ID: <110@rdin2.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 10:02:32 EDT Article-I.D.: rdin2.110 Posted: Fri Jul 27 10:02:32 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Jul-84 01:33:24 EDT Organization: Resource Dynamics Inc., New York Lines: 24>Try this from the cshell: > >while (1) >? randpasswd -w >? sleep 1 >? end > >... the "sleep" will give you time to decide if you liked the >previous password. You've been caught, Charles. I ran the above loop without the sleep and found out why you REALLY put the sleep in. Since the random number generator is seeded by the time of day IN SECONDS, two runs of randpasswd within the same second will generate the same password. Users of randpasswd should keep this in mind if using randpasswd to generate a block of passwords that will not be examined. Robert Perlberg Resource Dynamics Inc. New York philabs!rdin!rdin2!perl