I am trying to create a password generator in powershell
The problem is when I run the function the results are not always predictable
For example:
get-randompassword -UppercaseAlphachracters 1 -LowercaseAlphaChracters 1 -SpecialChracters 1 -NumericChracters 5
most of the time it gives me the amount I have requested:
5 numeric chracters
etc etc…
other times it is one less that the specified values.
what am I missing here?
While its awesome that you’re playing around and making your own scripts, you can generate random passwords in PowerShell with a single line.
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Web [System.Web.Security.Membership]::GeneratePassword(12,5)
In this line of code, the ‘5’ indicates the Number of non alphanumeric characters while the ‘12’ indicates the password Length.
Have a look t this:
-join ((65..90) + (97..122) | Get-Random -Count 12 | % {[char]$_})
It could make this mutch easier.