AIX

Hello,

I have created a script to generate a random password on Linux/Solaris, but I simply cannot use it on my AIX VMs since Bash isn't installed on them.

I need a password that is randomly created with the following characters:

Code:

0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!@;:[].{}+=<>#|()^&_0123456789

And that's where the problem is.. those special characters are excluded from commands such as makekey.

Here's what I've done for Linux:

Code:

MATRICE="0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!@;:[].{}+=<>#|()^&_0123456789"
n=1
PASSWD=""
while [ "$n" -le 7]
do
  PASSWD="$PASSWD${MATRICE:$(($RANDOM%${#MATRICE})):1}"
  let n+=1
done

Any ideas how I can generate a random password that doesn't require bash installed, and that takes into account all the special characters?

Thanks!

What AIX version is that?

Basically it's for: 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 & 7.1 (around 50 VMs).

6.1 and 7.1 have bash... I dont know for 5.2, 5.3

#--
Seems 5.3 also (well here I found a 5.3 box that has bash mans and the shell...

Do you accept a Perl solution?

I did the following on all the previously listed versions and could not find bash:

Code:

lslpp -l | grep bash*

But I suppose another option would be to deploy bash on all those machines, and then the script would work fine

As for Perl, none of the admins here use it, and I for one don't know the first thing about it :/

That said I avoid special characters because they can play dirty tricks depending how you connect.. But it doesnt seem to affect you since it works under LINUX... (typically when using X software emulation from PCs... )