Generate random passwords on Ubuntu

The ‘makepasswd’ package on Ubuntu can be used to easily generate random passwords. This package is part of the Ubuntu repositories, however probably wont be installed by default. It also has the ability to generate MD5 hashes of the random passwords. Install makepasswd: $ sudo apt-get -y install makepasswd Generate a random password: You can now run makepasswd to generate a random password. $ makepasswd Example output: $ makepasswd 6HL5y9F9sC Generate 5 random passwords: $ makepasswd --count=5 Example output: $…

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