On Monday 11 December 2000 04:29, David Purton wrote: > this stems from the lack of imagination used by my dad in password > picking... I use the following to generate passwords: cat /dev/urandom | od -s8 -An It might take a minute or so before it starts spitting out potential passwords and you will have to stop with a ^C (ctrl+C) when you think you have enough. HTH -- Myles Green Calgary AB Canada http://linuxsteps.webjump.com/