[TriLUG] security vs. services @ trilug.org

John F Davis johndavi at us.ibm.com
Thu May 9 10:11:56 EDT 2002


Hello

err, I would imagine the admin has a account on the box.  I'm assuming the
admin is the one changing passwords for a user on all boxes.
I think you (and I hate assuming what others think) is that you meant the
regular user was going to change their passwords.  I wasn't clear.  I meant
the admin changing passwords
for themselves or other users.

JD

Tanner Lovelace <lovelace at wayfarer.org>@trilug.org on 05/09/2002 10:06:14
AM

Please respond to trilug at trilug.org

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Subject:    Re: [TriLUG] security vs. services @ trilug.org



On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 07:26, John F Davis wrote:
> Hello
>
> For what its worth, I can write you an expect script in 5 minutes which
> will enable you to change passwords on
> all machines for one user in one step.  I have a similar script which I
use
> on my machines.  Its no big deal.
> You ssh into the machine and change your password just like you would do
> manually.  Its just that expect does
> all the typing.  ie. no more risk and less time.
>
> JD

John,

That assumes you have a shell account on the machine in question.
That will not necessarily be the case on the mail machine.  The
handling of mail accounts and the handling of shell accounts is
completely divorced from each other.

Tanner
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