example fstab for nas setup. added random password function.

diff --git a/database/configuration/samba/fstab_nas_vitalstore b/database/configuration/samba/fstab_nas_vitalstore
index bfe21df48b92639cc8487abae59c391da156929a..27c953a7319712e7d2d501c710443852ff3411a8 100644 (file)
--- a/database/configuration/samba/fstab_nas_vitalstore
+++ b/database/configuration/samba/fstab_nas_vitalstore
@@ -5,21 +5,23 @@
 # fred's bastion of drives...
 #
 
-# link to shaggy's archive drive.
-shaggy:/z/archivonia    /z/archivonia   nfs     exec,dev,suid,rw,user 0 0
+# shaggy's archive drive.
+#shaggy:/z/archivonia    /z/archivonia   nfs     exec,dev,suid,rw,user 0 0
+
+# hal's buffalo drive.
+hal:/z/buffaloon    /z/buffaloon   nfs     exec,dev,suid,rw,user 0 0
 
 # NAS mounts...
 
 #nfs not currently allowing writes.  grrrrr.
 #vitalstore:/DataVolume/chunky         /z/chunky       nfs     exec,dev,suid,rw,user 0 0
-#vitalstore:/DataVolume/stuffing               /z/stuffing     nfs     exec,dev,suid,rw,user 0 0
+#vitalstore:/DataVolume/stuffing       /z/stuffing     nfs     exec,dev,suid,rw,user 0 0
 #vitalstore:/DataVolume/walrus         /z/walrus       nfs     exec,dev,suid,ro,user 0 0
 
 //vitalstore/chunky            /z/chunky       cifs    credentials=/etc/samba/vitalstore_cifs.txt,uid=1008,gid=1008 0 0
 //vitalstore/stuffing          /z/stuffing     cifs    credentials=/etc/samba/vitalstore_cifs.txt,uid=1008,gid=1008 0 0
 //vitalstore/walrus            /z/walrus       cifs    credentials=/etc/samba/vitalstore_cifs.txt,uid=1008,gid=1008 0 0
-# only for the subversion server, currently hal.
-# //vitalstore/subversion              /z/repo         cifs    credentials=/etc/samba/vitalstore_cifs.txt,uid=1008,gid=1008 0 0
+//vitalstore/virtual-fred       /z/fredgrid     cifs    credentials=/etc/samba/vitalstore_cifs.txt,uid=1008,gid=1008 0 0
 
 #
 ##############

diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index fe56aea63a2624d73f5603b55264d0aa56064444..3a86546be0abcc7a9f1b00b6c4c7e9cb306791a7 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -238,6 +238,17 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     nechung
   }
 
+  # generates a random password where the first parameter is the number of characters
+  # in the password (default 20) and the second parameter specifies whether to use
+  # special characters (1) or not (0).
+  # found function at http://legroom.net/2010/05/06/bash-random-password-generator
+  function random_password()
+  {
+    [ "$2" == "0" ] && CHAR="[:alnum:]" || CHAR="[:graph:]"
+    cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd "$CHAR" | head -c ${1:-32}
+    echo
+  }
+
   function function_sentinel() { return 0; }
   
   if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then echo function definitions end....; fi