diff --git a/acceptance/libargs.go b/acceptance/libargs.go
index 7b50f46..0af62d4 100644
--- a/acceptance/libargs.go
+++ b/acceptance/libargs.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"crypto/rand"
 )
 
 // getCredentials will verify existence of needed credential information
@@ -23,3 +24,17 @@
 
 	return
 }
+
+// randomString generates a string of given length, but random content.
+// All content will be within the ASCII graphic character set.
+// (Implementation from Even Shaw's contribution on
+// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12771930/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-generate-a-long-random-string-in-go).
+func randomString(n int) string {
+    const alphanum = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+    var bytes = make([]byte, n)
+    rand.Read(bytes)
+    for i, b := range bytes {
+        bytes[i] = alphanum[b % byte(len(alphanum))]
+    }
+    return string(bytes)
+}
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