http://www.railsgeek.com/2009/1/6/generate-random-password-in-rails I am using Restful_authentication plugin for one of my projects. As part of my user creation workflow, system should to generate a random password for the new user. So, look at my password creation behaviour: * generate uncrypted password * send this with e-mail notification * crypt the password <controller> class CandidatesController < ApplicationController ... if @candidate.valid? candidate.save Notifier.deliver_inv(candidate.email, candidate.crypted_password) candidate.encrypt_password end end <model> require ''digest/sha1'' class User < ActiveRecord::Base ... def encrypt_password self.salt = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest("--#{Time.now.to_s}--#{name}--") self.crypted_password = encrypt(self.crypted_password) save(false) end protected def save_password (self.crypted_password = password) unless self.crypted_password end ... end class Candidate < User # Callbacks: before_save :save_password before_validation_on_create Proc.new do |u| u.password = Array.new(12) { (rand(122-97) + 97).chr }.join u.password_confirmation = u.password end end -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---