Puppet Function: generate_password

Defined in:
lib/puppet/parser/functions/generate_password.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Overview

generate_password() ⇒ Any

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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# File 'lib/puppet/parser/functions/generate_password.rb', line 6

newfunction(:generate_password, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
	Puppet::Parser::Functions.autoloader.loadall
	length = args[0].to_i
	seed = args[1]
	charnumber = 0
	password = ""
	while charnumber < length do
		randchar = function_fqdn_rand( [ 26, seed + charnumber.to_s ] )
		#This is going to randomise whether its a capital or not.
		if function_fqdn_rand( [ 2, seed + (charnumber + length).to_s ] ).to_i == 1.to_i
			starting = 65
		else
			starting = 97
		end
		randchar = starting + randchar.to_i
		char = randchar.chr
		password = password + char
		charnumber = charnumber + 1
	end
##return password
password
end