Functions/New-CmPassword.ps1
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Function New-CmPassword { <# .Synopsis Generates random passwords .DESCRIPTION Generates Random passwords and outputs as text and to Clipboard or just to clipboard .EXAMPLE PS> New-CMPassword -Easy Kobi2858 .EXAMPLE PS> New-CMPassword N42v9AjCWF1J .EXAMPLE PS> New-CMPassword -ClipOnly PS> Password is only put in clipboard and not displayed on screen. .EXAMPLE PS> $pass = New-CMPassword PS> Set-ADAccountPassword DOMAIN\USERNAME -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString ($pass) -AsPlainText -Force) PS> Write-Output "Account password set to $pass" This will set an AD account's password to a randomly generated password and copy that password to the clipboard #> [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('np')] [OutputType([String])] Param ( #Creates easy readable and rememberable password like Office 365's password generator [Switch] $Easy, #Enables the use of special characters, like !^&*(%$#)-=_+ [Switch] $Specials, #Doesn't output the password as text but rather only copies it to Clipboard [Switch] $ClipOnly, #Specifies the length of the password. This parameter is ignored when you use the -Easy switch [Parameter(Position = 0)] [int] $Length = 12, #Specifies the ammount of passwords to generate, only the last one will be left in the clipboard [int] $Count = 1 ) for ($c = 0 ; $c -lt $Count ; $c++) { if ($easy -Eq $true) { $digits = 48..57 $UpperConsonants = 66..68 + 70..72 + 74..78 + 80..84 + 86..90 $LowerConsonants = 98..100 + 102..104 + 106..110 + 112..116 + 118..122 $LowerVowels = 97, 101, 105, 111, 117 $first = [char](get-random -count 1 -InputObject $UpperConsonants) $second = [char](get-random -count 1 -InputObject $LowerVowels) $third = [char](get-random -count 1 -InputObject $LowerConsonants) $fourth = [char](get-random -count 1 -InputObject $LowerVowels) $numbers = $null for ($i = 0 ; $i -lt 4; $i++) { $numbers += [char](get-random -count 1 -InputObject $digits) } $password = ($first + $second + $third + $fourth + $numbers) } Else { $digits = 48..57 $letters = 65..90 + 97..122 $specialchar = 33..47 + 58..64 + 91..96 + 123..126 $password = $null for ($i = 0 ; $i -lt $Length ; $i++) { If ($Specials -eq $true) { $password += [char](get-random -count 1 -InputObject ($digits + $letters + $specialchar)) } Else { $password += [char](get-random -count 1 -InputObject ($digits + $letters)) } } } $password | Set-Clipboard If (!$ClipOnly) { $password } } } |