Re: [LIP] Automate password change

Pinku Hussain wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a shell script which automates the pasword
> change in a number of machines. 
> 
> #!/usr/bin/sh
> for SERVER in `cat hostlist`
> do
> (sleep 5;echo $userid;\
> sleep 5;echo $password;\
> sleep 2;echo passwd;\
> sleep 5;echo $password;\
> sleep 2;echo $new_passwd;\
> sleep 2;echo $new_passwd;\
> sleep 2;exit;) | telnet $SERVER
> done
> 
> The script works fine for a normal userid. But the
> script fails if I su to root to change the root
> passwd. To login as root I need to get in as normal
> user and su to root. I cannot use 'Expect Utility' as
> I am not allowed to install anything.

Not anywhere on computer?  Anyway you are doing everything on 
telnet (instead of ssh) then why even bother to do 'su' to change 
root password. Configure your machine/telnet server to directly 
allow root login.  Hope you are doing this for your local machines.

-Krishna.







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