Private/Passphrases/_NewUserPassphrase.ps1
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function _NewUserPassphrase { <# .Synopsis Generate a new password that meets standard password requirements. .DESCRIPTION Generates a password using a common word list (_GetWord). By default, the function returns 3 words separated by dashes with a number after the second word. #> param( [parameter(mandatory = $true)] [int]$Words, [parameter(mandatory = $true)] [char]$Separator ) try { $i = $Words $GeneratedPassword = '' Do { $i-- $GeneratedPassword += "$(_GetWord)-" } until ($i -eq 0) } catch { $MessageSplat = @{ MessageText = "Unable to get generated passphrase from _GetWord.`n$_" MessageIcon = 'Hand' ButtonType = 'OK' MessageTitle = 'Error' } $Blackhole = _ShowMessageBox @MessageSplat break } try { # Change the generated password to have uppercase and a number $PWSplit = $GeneratedPassword.split('-') $CorrectPassword = '' # This foreach changes the case of the first letter of each word and then puts the '-' back between words # After the 2nd word, it adds a random single digit number $i = 0 $SpotForNumber = Get-Random -Minimum 1 -Maximum ($Words + 1) foreach ($Word in $PWSplit) { $i ++ # .substring() shouldn't be giving an error, but it is. suppressing again. # ERROR: Error generating initial password. Unable to modify password string to include uppercase and number. Exception calling "Substring" with "2" argument(s): "Index and length must refer to a location within the string. 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 0 (0x0000) $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' $Word = (Get-Culture).TextInfo.ToTitleCase($Word) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $CorrectPassword += $Word # Get-Random returns 1 less than the maximum if ($i -eq $SpotForNumber) { $CorrectPassword += Get-Random -Minimum 0 -Maximum 10 } if ($i -lt $Words) { $CorrectPassword += "$Separator" } } } catch { $MessageSplat = @{ MessageText = "Unable to create passphrase.`n$_" MessageIcon = 'Hand' ButtonType = 'OK' MessageTitle = 'Error' } $Blackhole = _ShowMessageBox @MessageSplat } return $CorrectPassword } |