> On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 10:53:18AM -0600, Tim Wilson wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > I need to create about 2,000 user accounts, one for each student at our > high > > school. Their username will be their student id and I'll need to create a > > random password too. (But I also need to be able to print out a little > slip > > of paper for each student that gives them their password.) > > > > Obviously I plan to script this, but I wonder if there are any words of > > wisdom out there from more experienced admins than I. Are there some good > > tools/scripts available? I will roll my own otherwise. > > > > -Tim > > > > -- > > Tim Wilson > > Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA > > Educational technology guy, Linux and OS X fan, Grad. student, Daddy > > mailto: wilson at visi.com aim: tis270 public key: 0x8C0F8813 > > Do a google on password generator, I know that there are many little utilities out there that have been written to provide somewhat random output for password generation, most should be good enough for your purposes, particularly if you are going to enforce a "change your password upon first login" policy. Josh ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list