[Zope] Random Password Generator

[Dario Lopez-Kästen]

From: "Asad Habib" <ahabib1357@yahoo.com>
> Hello. Does anyone know if there are any built-in
> Python methods which allow you to generate passwords
> randomly? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> -Asad

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def generatePassword(self, pwdLen=8):
    # Returns a random password.
    import random
    random.seed()
    passwd= ''
    # Since I, 1 ~= l and 0 =~ O, don't generate passwords with them.
    # This will just confuse people using ugly fonts.
    charset = 'abcdefghijkmnopqrstuxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUXYZ0123456789'
    for i in range(pwdLen):
        passwd = passwd + random.choice(charset)
    return passwd
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Add/remove characters from charset if needed.

Can probably be re-written as a "Script (Python)". If not use as external
method. Cannot vouch for it's non-symmetric-ness (or however that word is
spelled, if it even exists, but you get my point... :-)

Hop this helps,

/dario

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Dario Lopez-Kästen, IT Systems & Services Chalmers University of Tech.