Since Solaris passwd does not have --stdin option can you advise how to change the password for 30 users with a script. The password can be the same one. I`ve tried already echoing, xargs, cat and similar.
Thanks.
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Done it, thanks to my colleagues for suggesting this
One bash script with
One expect script called ./chpass.exp
Hello chiefs :)
I have a SUN Enterprise 250, running Solaris 8.5 - I have managed to be able to connect a dumb terminal to the box via a standard straight-through rj45 cable, to my ibm laptop. OK so Putty can connect to the box via ssh - nice! But I dont have the password for root - or any... (1 Reply)
i'm trying to change passwd remotely in unix (solaris) and tried using "expect" but it is not working.
Any ideas to change the passwd remotely using a shell script? (1 Reply)
Dear all,
One one of the systems running solaris 8 the oracle account has a issue when trying to set the passwd. Following is what i get when the passwd command is executed.
:/opt/oracle> passwd
Enter existing login password:
System configuration error. Please contact your administrator.... (1 Reply)
Hi Gurus,
i have ussers cannot change their passwords, neither can root change the user's password.
O.S. Solaris 8
up−to−date on security patchaes as far as I know.
Examples (names have been changed to protect the guilty):
User logged on:
$ passwd
passwd: Changing password for <user>... (8 Replies)
I have turned off PermitEmptyPasswords in sshd_config, but a user with empty passwd (deleted by passwd -d user) can still login without password, why? it is big security concern, linux doesn't have the issue.
$ uname -a
SunOS 5.10 Generic_118855-14 i86pc i386 i86pc
... (8 Replies)
Hi,
I am using solaris 10. i am facing a strange problem regarding os passwd. i have a user oracle with passwd abc123
when i open a putty session with the os using abc123 it logs on. but if i use abc123!@# it agian log on without passwd error.
I came to know about the issue that if i... (5 Replies)
Hi Folks,
I have Solaris 10, latest release.
We have passwd aging set in /etc/defalut/passwd.
I have an account that passwd should never expire. Acheived by emptying associated users shadow file entries for passwd aging.
When I reset the users passwd using passwd command, it re enables... (3 Replies)
Hello
I am trying to monitor when a user account gets added to my solaris server.
Does anyone know how I can set up an snmptrap for changes in the /etc/passwd file ? (4 Replies)
Does anyone know when AIX started using /etc/security/passwd instead of /etc/passwd to store encrypted passwords? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Anne Neville
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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
pwd_mkdb
PWD_MKDB(8) BSD System Manager's Manual PWD_MKDB(8)NAME
pwd_mkdb -- generate the password databases
SYNOPSIS
pwd_mkdb [-c] [-p | -s] [-d directory] [-u username] file
DESCRIPTION
pwd_mkdb creates db(3) style secure and insecure databases for the specified file. These databases are then installed into /etc/spwd.db and
/etc/pwd.db, respectively. The file is installed into /etc/master.passwd. The file must be in the correct format (see passwd(5)). It is
important to note that the format used in this system is different from the historic Version 7 style format.
The options are as follows:
-c Check if the password file is in the correct format. Do not change, add, or remove any files.
-d directory
Operate in a base directory other than the default of /etc. All absolute paths (including file) will be made relative to directory.
Any directories specified as a part of file will be stripped off. This option is used to create password databases in directories
other than etc; for instance in a chroot(8) jail.
-p Create a Version 7 style password file and install it into /etc/passwd.
-s Only update the secure version of the database. This is most commonly used in conjunction with the -u flag during a password change.
Because the insecure database doesn't contain the password there is no reason to update it if the only change is in the password
field. Cannot be used in conjunction with the -p flag.
-u username
Only update the record for the specified user. Utilities that operate on a single user can use this option to avoid the overhead of
rebuilding the entire database. This option must never be used if the line number of the user's record in /etc/master.passwd has
changed.
file The absolute path to a file in master.passwd format, as described in passwd(5).
The two databases differ in that the secure version contains the user's encrypted password and the insecure version has an asterisk ('*').
The databases are used by the C library password routines (see getpwent(3)).
pwd_mkdb exits zero on success, non-zero on failure.
FILES
/etc/master.passwd current password file
/etc/passwd a Version 7 format password file
/etc/pwd.db insecure password database file
/etc/pwd.db.tmp temporary file
/etc/spwd.db secure password database file
/etc/spwd.db.tmp temporary file
SEE ALSO chpass(1), passwd(1), db(3), getpwent(3), passwd(5), vipw(8)STANDARDS
Previous versions of the system had a program similar to pwd_mkdb, mkpasswd, which built dbm(3) style databases for the password file but
depended on the calling programs to install them. The program was renamed in order that previous users of the program not be surprised by
the changes in functionality.
BUGS
Because of the necessity for atomic update of the password files, pwd_mkdb uses rename(2) to install them. This, however, requires that the
file specified on the command line live on the same file system as the /etc directory.
There are the obvious races with multiple people running pwd_mkdb on different password files at the same time. The front-ends to pwd_mkdb,
chpass(1), passwd(1), and vipw(8) handle the locking necessary to avoid this problem.
BSD June 6, 1993 BSD