From 4ff8b48d85fc424ffa45207a93757d5b193b488c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Oswald <henry.oswald@sharelatex.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 11:14:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] generate random password with uuid

---
 .../web/app/coffee/controllers/UserController.coffee | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/controllers/UserController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/controllers/UserController.coffee
index 63c0837009..2d4f4c206b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/controllers/UserController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/controllers/UserController.coffee
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SubscriptionLocator = require("../Features/Subscription/SubscriptionLocator")
 UserDeleter = require("../Features/User/UserDeleter")
 EmailHandler = require("../Features/Email/EmailHandler")
 Url = require("url")
+uuid = require("node-uuid")
 
 module.exports =
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ module.exports =
 		logger.log email: email, "password reset requested"
 		User.findOne {'email':email}, (err, user)->
 			if(user?)
-				randomPassword = generateRandomString 12
+				randomPassword = uuid.v4()
 				AuthenticationManager.setUserPassword user._id, randomPassword, (error) ->
 					emailOpts =
 						newPassword: randomPassword
@@ -224,15 +225,6 @@ module.exports =
 			res.send(200)
 
 
-generateRandomString = (len)->
-	chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXTZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
-	randomString = ''
-	count = 0
-	while count++ < len
-		rnum = Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length)
-		randomString += chars.substring(rnum,rnum+1)
-	return randomString
-
 THEME_LIST = []
 do generateThemeList = () ->
 	files = fs.readdirSync __dirname + '/../../../public/js/ace/theme'