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ACL GENPASS

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ACL GENPASS [bits]
Group
ACL
Complexity
O(N) where N is the number of bits
Arity
-2 (at least 2 words, counting the command name)
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ACL GENPASS returns a random password made of lowercase hexadecimal digits, taken from the operating system’s cryptographically secure random generator. By default it has 256 bits of randomness, 64 characters. With bits, you get that many bits, rounded up to a whole number of hex digits (4 bits each). Nothing is stored: pass the result to ACL SETUSER with >password.

Options

Section titled “Options”
Argument Meaning
bits Bits of randomness, from 1 to 4096 (default 256).

Return value

Section titled “Return value”
Case RESP2 RESP3
Success Bulk string: the password Bulk string
bits not an integer Error ERR value is not an integer or out of range Same error
bits outside 1 to 4096 Error ERR ACL GENPASS argument must be the number of bits for the output password, a positive number up to 4096 Same error

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
127.0.0.1:6379> ACL GENPASS
"6a1e5774f0c9831097d0f74a8e2072ade4869561a12db025038ac7e9ccfc7153"
127.0.0.1:6379> ACL GENPASS 32
"9f3c07b2"
127.0.0.1:6379> ACL GENPASS 5
"e4"

Compatibility

Section titled “Compatibility”

Same as Redis 7 and Valkey 8.

See also

Section titled “See also”

ACL SETUSER