08-28-2007
command passwd lets you change the password. crontab -e will help you in setting the cron job. You may have to use Expect in your script to feed password to passwd command. But then the script used in the cron job would expose your logic of making the password (unless it is a compiled script or program).
Consider the security risk before implementing this feature.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
partimaged-passwd
partimaged-passwd(8) Partition Image Server Configuration partimaged-passwd(8)
NAME
partimaged-passwd - Manage partimaged user accounts
SYNTAX
partimaged-passwd [-Dhl] username password
partimaged-passwd [-Dhl] username
DESCRIPTION
partimaged can either authenticate against local user accounts (This needs access to /etc/shadow. As this is a potential security risk this
method is not recommended) or its own password database in /etc/partimaged/passwd.db. To simplify the management of the partimaged user
database this tool was written. It allows to easily add and remove users or list the users in the database. All users in this database are
allowed to access the partimaged server.
OPTIONS
-D username
Delete the specified user from the password file.
-l List users in password file and exit.
-h Output help information and exit.
FILES
/etc/partimaged/passwd.db
AUTHORS
Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
SEE ALSO
partimaged(8), partimagedusers(5), partimage(1)
Michael Biebl <biebl@teco.edu> 0.1 partimaged-passwd(8)