Something like this should work. This probably isn't the best written shell script you're ever gonna see but I just knocked it out and it works for me
Read the comments in the code to see what each part is doing.
Code:
#! /bin/bash
#
# script to automate password reset
#
# declare variables
declare USERNAME="TEST" # This allows the username to be changed or multiple usernames specified by creating a new variable
declare TMP_VAR="" # Temporary variable we will use to store value of user check
#
echo "Start password reset script"
# first check to make sure user exists
TMP_VAR=`grep ^$USERNAME: /etc/passwd` > /dev/null > 2>&1
if [ "$TMP_VAR" = "" ];
then {
echo "User $USERNAME does not exist"
# exit cleanly with result code 1 (not successful)
exit 1;
}
else {
# if username exists proceed to reset password
passwd --stdin $USERNAME < pass_file # pass_file is the file where the password is stored you want to use
}
fi
# exit cleanly and return 0 result code
exit 0;
Since you say you want to "automate" this change I'm thinking it's going to be done on a regular basis so my opinion is to add it to the crontab for root, or someone who has privileges to change user passwords. I don't know how much you know about crontabs and their purpose and so on but you can just search the forum/google and you should see plenty of examples. If you wanted to schedule the job to run at midnight on the first of every month your entry into the crontab might look like this:
Code:
0 0 1 * * /full/path/of/script/password_change.sh
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Is there anyway that I can reset user's password using a script/ssh command?
ie. emulate passwd command with a default password of abc123 or even null value?
> ssh server1 pwdadm user1 < /dev/null
or
> ssh server1 passwd user1 < /dev/null
neither worked for me.. but you know what I... (1 Reply)
All,
I have a Solaris 9 system and I would like to create a script that would reset the password of a local user to something specific on a daily basis.
Someone suggested the following:
passwd --stdin username < passwd_file
However, this doesn't work on Solaris.
Does anyone know of... (3 Replies)
Hey all,
I'm looking for a script to auto-generate a password for users that forget their password.
Currently, we are using a perl script (with cgi-bin) where users update their password, but would like to add to this and make it so that the users can also request a password reset and a... (1 Reply)
Hi folks,
How can we reset the password via shell script...
How can i manage to pass password for the prompt.
gws000i010:/ # passwd test1
New Password: (1 Reply)
Hi all, Please suggest
I want to write a scritp which will send a email to my mail address before the time duration of the password reset,
Should write mail stating that your password will expire in so and so days""
Rgds:b:
Ann. (2 Replies)
i am doing automation of report in unix. i am copying files from different server using scp command.. if i use scp its asking for password for copying files..is there any way to automate this password issue..
can anyone help me out???
tahnks in advance,
Arun Manas (4 Replies)
Hi all,
I am using an command which reset the password for the user, its working fine on Solaris boxes but sometimes the samw was not happening on some of linux boxes.
/bin/echo username | passwd --stdin username
I am new to unix and shell scripting,so it would be very helpful for me... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
We have many number of users.Some times we will receive mail from them like ,
the below USER password got expired and they are requesting us to change the password and send it back to them in a mail. there we are giving Expiray date again.
We are doing this process manually. I want... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I could like to change my remote system user password. Could you please guile me,
If you have any existing scripting there. please let me know
Thanks & Regards,
Mani (8 Replies)
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I was unable to login and so used the "Forgotten Password' process. I was sent a NEWLY-PROVIDED password and a link through which my password could be changed. The NEWLY-PROVIDED password allowed me to login.
Following the provided link I attempted to update my password to one of my own... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
lppasswd
lppasswd(1) Apple Inc. lppasswd(1)NAME
lppasswd - add, change, or delete digest passwords.
SYNOPSIS
lppasswd [ username ]
lppasswd -a [ -g groupname ] username
lppasswd -x username
DESCRIPTION
lppasswd adds, changes, or deletes passwords in the CUPS digest password file, passwd.md5. When run by a normal user, lppasswd will prompt
for the old and new passwords. When run by the super-user, lppasswd can add new accounts (-a username), change existing accounts (user-
name), or delete accounts (-x username) in the digest password file. Digest usernames do not have to match local UNIX usernames.
OPTIONS
lppasswd supports the following options:
-g groupname
Specifies a group other than the default system group.
SECURITY ISSUES
By default, the lppasswd program is not installed to allow ordinary users to change their passwords. To enable this, the lppasswd command
must be made setuid to root with the command:
chmod u+s lppasswd
While every attempt has been made to make lppasswd secure against exploits that could grant super-user privileges to unprivileged users,
paranoid system administrators may wish to use Basic authentication with accounts managed by PAM instead.
SEE ALSO lp(1), lpr(1),
http://localhost:631/help
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12-26-2006
