Published on: 2025-07-04 23:25:57
ZDNET I often need random passwords. Mostly, those passwords are used for the creation of user accounts on apps and services, at which point I'll use my password manager that includes a very good random password generator. But other times, I might need a temporary password that doesn't require saving in a password manager. Or maybe it's a permanent password, but I'm logged into my desktop from a remote machine, and the command line is the only tool I have. Also: 5 Linux commands I use to keep
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