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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I was hoping that somebody could help me out with this.
I just deployed a new FTP server and I have a script that creates the new account. How would I go about having it expire 3 days after after creation?
useradd -s /bin/false -m -p $pass $username (7 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
For moderator: I made a new thread in a proper part of the forum now https://www.unix.com/homework-coursework-questions/137119-user-processes.html
But now i wan't to make something which isn't related to a homework, so i hope
you won't close this one. Thanks to those two answers, you helped me!... (9 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there,
There's something I don't understand. The same string does not give the same md5 hash everytime. I wanted to find a way to check someone's password but the following script obviously shows that it's not possible that way :
ks354286:~# user=foo
ks354286:~# pw=$(mkpasswd -H md5... (3 Replies)
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have access to 15+ UNIX boxes at work, and I do not consistently log onto all of them over time. When I do try to access one I havent been on in awhile, my account is locked as the password has expired.
I need to request to the UNIX SA's that the password expiration is 90 days and that if it... (1 Reply)
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5. Solaris
I noticed for some time now on solaris 8 whenever our root or oracle password expires after 12 weeks the cronjob for the expired user will totally stop working, it will start working again once the password has been changed.
I wonder if anybody encountered this problem and knows of a fix other... (4 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guys,
I hope one of you has already done this and is kind enough to share your script with me.
I have a Solaris8 server that uses password aging for its local user accounts. I need a script that checks the age of the password and then sends the user an email if the password is about to... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Tornado
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7. Solaris
Hi,
I am looking for a simple way to :
- force the user to change his password following the first connexion
- check the complexity of a password (password should has a least 8 characters with 1 special char and 1 alpha...).
Thinks for your help (1 Reply)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
While using Pipe concept ,if a user enters a "login name" and "paswword"
,then how does a child process check for user password is correct or not and give notification to parent process. (1 Reply)
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9. Programming
I set a timer using setitimer to expire every 30 ms.
Usually it does. But sometimes it takes ~ 700 ms between 2 successive arousals (expirations). The timing is crucial for me.
The process with the timer is almost the only one running on the computer.
How do I overcome this problem? (1 Reply)
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10. Programming
hai Friends
How can i check the root password of a linux system using a c program or with some shell script... I have seen many tools like webmin that authenticates the user using the root password... How do they do that... Pls help...
Thanks in advance
Collins (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: collins
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09-07-2010
