require 'sha1'
srand
seed = "--#{rand(10000)}--#{Time.now}--"
Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(seed)[0,8]

以下内容对我很有用

def generate_random_password(min_length, max_length)
    length = SecureRandom.random_number(max_length - min_length) + min_length
    character_sets = [ 
      ('a'..'z').to_a,
      ('A'..'Z').to_a,
      ('0'..'9').to_a,
      "~!@^&*()_-+=[]|:;<,>.?".split('')
    ]   
    retval = []
    #   
    # Add one character from each set
    #   
    character_sets.each do |character_set|
      character = character_set[SecureRandom.random_number(character_set.count)]
      retval.push character
    end 
    #   
    # Fill the rest of the password with a random character from a random set
    #   
    i = character_sets.count - 1 
    while i < length
      character_set = character_sets[SecureRandom.random_number(character_sets.count)]
      character = character_set[SecureRandom.random_number(character_set.count)]
      retval.push character
      i += 1
    end
    retval.shuffle.join
  end

我想，到目前为止，我最喜欢雷达的回答。我会这样做：

CHARS = ('a'..'z').to_a + ('A'..'Z').to_a
def rand_string(length=8)
  s=''
  length.times{ s << CHARS[rand(CHARS.length)] }
  s
end

我最喜欢的是（：A..：Z）.to_A.shuff[0,8].join。请注意，shuffle需要Ruby>1.9。

使用“SafeRandom”Gem GithubLink

它将提供生成Rails2、Rails3、Rails4和Rails5兼容的随机值的最简单方法。

这是基于一些其他答案，但它增加了一点复杂性：

def random_password
  specials = ((32..47).to_a + (58..64).to_a + (91..96).to_a + (123..126).to_a).pack('U*').chars.to_a
  numbers  = (0..9).to_a
  alpha    = ('a'..'z').to_a + ('A'..'Z').to_a
  %w{i I l L 1 O o 0}.each{ |ambiguous_character| 
    alpha.delete ambiguous_character 
  }
  characters = (alpha + specials + numbers)
  password = Random.new.rand(8..18).times.map{characters.sample}
  password << specials.sample unless password.join =~ Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(specials.join))
  password << numbers.sample  unless password.join =~ Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(numbers.join))
  password.shuffle.join
end

本质上，它确保密码长度为8-20个字符，并且至少包含一个数字和一个特殊字符。