How can I generate a new random wpa/wap2 key in the linux terminal? I tried pwgen but this is not generating hexadecimal values.
For instance, if you want a password with the maximum character length, i.e. 63, you can enter either of the following 2 commands:
makepasswd --chars=63
openssl rand -base64 63
UPDATE:
Here is a better command I've found for this purpose since I first wrote this answer:
dd if=/dev/urandom bs=48 count=1 status=none | base64 | tr +/ -_
Actually I use this zenity-powered script to generate such a password from time to time:
#!/bin/bash
RNDPWD="$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=48 count=1 status=none | base64 | tr +/ -_)"
echo $RNDPWD | tr -d '
' | xclip -i -selection clipboard
zenity --question --title="Random Password" --text="<i>Password Copied to Clipboard:</i>
$RNDPWD
<b>Would you like to generate another one?</b>" --width=500 --height=150
if [ $? = 0 ]
then
"~/.bin/Password-Generator-GUI"
fi
