Oh, it doesn't add more bits - '$$' is the PID of the current shell, so if
we're in an environment that doesn't support $RANDOM at least we'll get
*something* in there.

On Sat Apr 19 2014 at 1:59:48 AM, Victor Koronen <notifications@github.com>
wrote:

> In docs/VPS.md:
>
> > @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Stringer uses environment variables to determine information about your database
> >      echo 'export STRINGER_DATABASE_USERNAME="stringer"' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
> >      echo 'export STRINGER_DATABASE_PASSWORD="EDIT_ME"' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
> >      echo 'export RACK_ENV="production"' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
> > +    echo 'export SECRET_TOKEN="$$$RANDOM"` >> $HOME/.bash_profile
>
> I didn't know adding dollar signs added more random bits. Thanks for
> sharing that neat trick! I still stand by by last comment though (about
> leveraging openssl).
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