Private/NewRandomPassword.ps1
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function NewRandomPassword { <# .Synopsis Generates one or more complex passwords designed to fulfill the requirements for Active Directory .DESCRIPTION Generates one or more complex passwords designed to fulfill the requirements for Active Directory .EXAMPLE New-SWRandomPassword C&3SX6Kn Will generate one password with a length between 8 and 12 chars. .EXAMPLE New-SWRandomPassword -MinPasswordLength 8 -MaxPasswordLength 12 -Count 4 7d&5cnaB !Bh776T"Fw 9"C"RxKcY %mtM7#9LQ9h Will generate four passwords, each with a length of between 8 and 12 chars. .EXAMPLE New-SWRandomPassword -InputStrings abc, ABC, 123 -PasswordLength 4 3ABa Generates a password with a length of 4 containing atleast one char from each InputString .EXAMPLE New-SWRandomPassword -InputStrings abc, ABC, 123 -PasswordLength 4 -FirstChar abcdefghijkmnpqrstuvwxyzABCEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ 3ABa Generates a password with a length of 4 containing atleast one char from each InputString that will start with a letter from the string specified with the parameter FirstChar .OUTPUTS [String] .NOTES Written by Simon Wåhlin, blog.simonw.se I take no responsibility for any issues caused by this script. .FUNCTIONALITY Generates random passwords .LINK http://blog.simonw.se/powershell-generating-random-password-for-active-directory/ #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='RandomLength', ConfirmImpact='None')] [OutputType([String])] Param ( # Specifies minimum password length [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ParameterSetName='RandomLength')] [ValidateScript({ $_ -gt 0 })] [Alias('Min')] [int]$MinPasswordLength = 12, # Specifies maximum password length [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ParameterSetName='RandomLength')] [ValidateScript({ if($_ -ge $MinPasswordLength){ $true } else{ Throw 'Max value cannot be lesser than min value.' } })] [Alias('Max')] [int]$MaxPasswordLength = 15, # Specifies a fixed password length [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ParameterSetName='FixedLength')] [ValidateRange(1, 2147483647)] [int]$PasswordLength = 8, # Specifies an array of strings containing charactergroups from which the password will be generated. # At least one char from each group (string) will be used. [String[]]$InputStrings = @('abcdefghijkmnpqrstuvwxyz', 'ABCEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ', '23456789', '!"#%&'), # Specifies a string containing a character group from which the first character in the password will be generated. # Useful for systems which requires first char in password to be alphabetic. [String] $FirstChar, # Specifies number of passwords to generate. [ValidateRange(1, 2147483647)] [int]$Count = 1 ) Begin { Function Get-Seed{ # Generate a seed for randomization $RandomBytes = New-Object -TypeName 'System.Byte[]' 4 $Random = New-Object -TypeName 'System.Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider' $Random.GetBytes($RandomBytes) [BitConverter]::ToUInt32($RandomBytes, 0) } } Process { For($iteration = 1; $iteration -le $Count; $iteration++){ $Password = @{ } # Create char arrays containing groups of possible chars [char[][]]$CharGroups = $InputStrings # Create char array containing all chars $AllChars = $CharGroups | ForEach-Object { [Char[]]$_ } # Set password length if($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'RandomLength') { if($MinPasswordLength -eq $MaxPasswordLength) { # If password length is set, use set length $PasswordLength = $MinPasswordLength } else { # Otherwise randomize password length $PasswordLength = ((Get-Seed) % ($MaxPasswordLength + 1 - $MinPasswordLength)) + $MinPasswordLength } } # If FirstChar is defined, randomize first char in password from that string. if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('FirstChar')){ $Password.Add(0, $FirstChar[((Get-Seed) % $FirstChar.Length)]) } # Randomize one char from each group Foreach($Group in $CharGroups) { if(@($Password).Count -lt $PasswordLength) { $Index = Get-Seed While ($Password.ContainsKey($Index)){ $Index = Get-Seed } $Password.Add($Index, $Group[((Get-Seed) % @($Group).Count)]) } } # Fill out with chars from $AllChars for($i=@($Password).Count; $i -lt $PasswordLength; $i++) { $Index = Get-Seed While ($Password.ContainsKey($Index)){ $Index = Get-Seed } $Password.Add($Index, $AllChars[((Get-Seed) % @($AllChars).Count)]) } Write-Output -InputObject $(-join ($Password.GetEnumerator() | Sort-Object -Property Name | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Value)) } } } |