[rt-users] Curse Word in Random Password Generation

Damian Gerow damian at sentex.net
Tue Dec 9 16:17:20 EST 2003


Thus spake Hammad (rt at brisksolutions.com) [09/12/03 16:13]:
> Hi guys:
> 
> I wanted to ask about the chances of getting a curse word or something close to
> it when generating random password and emailing to users. If we use RT as our
> ticketing system we can't allow that to happen in our company. Its just looks
> bad. I am asking because last time I generated a random password it came up as:
>     shittme
> 
> I know its not the same but quite close to something we can't allow. Is there
> any way to prevent that from happening?

If you filter bad words, then it's not a random password.

You can make them up on your own, or filter them after the fact, if you
really don't want to get curse words in your passwords.



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