## Generate a human readable 'random' password
## password will be generated in the form 'word'+digits+'word'
## eg.,nice137pass
## parameters: number of 'characters' , number of 'digits'
## Pradeep Kishore Gowda <pradeep at btbytes.com >
## License : GPL
## Date : 2005.April.15
## Revision 1.2
## ChangeLog:
## 1.1 - fixed typos
## 1.2 - renamed functions _apart & _npart to a_part & n_part as zope does not allow functions to
## start with _
def nicepass(alpha=6,numeric=2):
"""
returns a human-readble password (say rol86din instead of
a difficult to remember K8Yn9muL )
"""
import string
import random
vowels = ['a','e','i','o','u']
consonants = [a for a in string.ascii_lowercase if a not in vowels]
digits = string.digits
####utility functions
def a_part(slen):
ret = ''
for i in range(slen):
if i%2 ==0:
randid = random.randint(0,20) #number of consonants
ret += consonants[randid]
else:
randid = random.randint(0,4) #number of vowels
ret += vowels[randid]
return ret
def n_part(slen):
ret = ''
for i in range(slen):
randid = random.randint(0,9) #number of digits
ret += digits[randid]
return ret
####
fpl = alpha/2
if alpha % 2 :
fpl = int(alpha/2) + 1
lpl = alpha - fpl
start = a_part(fpl)
mid = n_part(numeric)
end = a_part(lpl)
return "%s%s%s" % (start,mid,end)
if __name__ == "__main__":
print nicepass(6,2)
