On 2/5/2015 10:59 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > However, another password with similar characteristics would be fine. > You just never want to use it on more than one server to be safe..... there's a very useful tool built into centos's 'expect' package... $ mkpasswd -l 15 -d 3 -C 5 5ufkpX at SDxa2DF3 $ mkpasswd -l 24 -d 3 -C 5 xRyijvCo4fhph!QcY46xbprK $ rpm -qf `which mkpasswd` expect-5.44.1.15-5.el6_4.x86_64 but, Dog save someone from having to type said passwords even once and get it correct. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast