Use OpenSSL’s random function to generate a 20 character base64 password
$ openssl rand -base64 20
Even better, add the folowwing function to your .bash_profile
and then type in randpass
to generate a new unique 20
character password.
function randpass(){
openssl rand -base64 20
}
Generate an MD5 checksum using the current date and time in hours, minutes, and seconds.
$ date | md5sum