First off, i think you are reinventing the wheel. Have a look at the passwd command, which does what you want already in a much better way than you could ever dream of in some shell script.
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Originally Posted by somersetdan
This will never work, because inside single quotes variables are not becoming expanded. You are searching for a literal "$pin" instead of the contents of the variable "pin".
To write sed output to a file just redirect its output to it. If you want to overwrite your old file move the output over the input afterwards (reasons explained):
SCO OpenServer 5.05
Has anyone ever received this error when attempting to
change/assign a user password?
#ypasswd
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yppasswd: (host name) is not running yppasswd daemon
Password request denied.
Reason: Remote password change request denied.... (2 Replies)
Hi
Someone logged on the system with a Normal user and changed the password , for this user , how can i know ? who changed the password from which terminal ?
regards
Georges (5 Replies)
Hello
im trying to change the user password with passwd
but when I enter the password it gives me this msg:
passwd: Password too short - must be at least 6 characters.
BUT the thing is that the initial password was 4 letters why now it asking for 6 ?
tnx (2 Replies)
I have 02 servers:
- Linux RHEL AS 3 (server1)
- AIX 5.2 (server2)
Running the command rsh server2 passwd derje from the server1 to change derje user password on server2, give me this error:
3004-709 Error while changing the password for "derje"
Can somebody help me ? (0 Replies)
I have two unix system A and B with same configuration.
I can use remsh from A system login to B system as root, but when I want to change the root password of B system, it ask me the old password, but i forgot it.
However, is it possible to change the B system root password? :(
Thanks a lot (3 Replies)
Friends
I want to know whether i can change the password of a user logged in thru NIS from a client machine after stopping the YP services in NIS server.
Note - The Slave server is up and running.
I tried doing this. But i got the reply "Permission Denied".
I stopped the YP services in... (7 Replies)
Hi all,
I'm having an issue resetting an Linux user password. As root, I type 'passwd <username>, enter the new password, but the user is still Access Denied. Can someone assist me in figuring this one out?
The box is running "Linux trm62 2.4.21-15.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Apr 22 00:18:24 EDT 2004... (6 Replies)
i created 1 user . Now its passwd time period get expired.
Now how can I set password for that user. Also how can I set a condition such a way that after every 3 months user must change his passwd. (5 Replies)
Is there any way I can change the prompt which asks for the password on a UNIX system? e.g. When I login using Telnet instead of "Password" I should get "Correct Password".
Thanks,
Vineet (3 Replies)
I want to change the root password on an AIX box. What is the best method to do this so i do not get myself locked out. When I do i search the results come up for resetting the password if you are locked out.
Thanks (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: fierfek
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westcos-tool
WESTCOS-TOOL(1) OpenSC tools WESTCOS-TOOL(1)NAME
westcos-tool - utility for manipulating data structures on westcos smart cards
SYNOPSIS
westcos-tool [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
The westcos-tool utility is used to manipulate the westcos data structures on 2 Ko smart cards. Users can create PINs, keys and
certificates stored on the token. User PIN authentication is performed for those operations that require it.
OPTIONS --reader, r num
Use the given reader. The default is the first reader with a card.
--wait, -w
Wait for a card to be inserted
--generate-key, -g
Generate a private key on smart card. The smart card must be not finalized and a PIN must be installed (ie. file for PIN must be
created, see option -i). By default key length is 1536 bits. User authentication is required for this operation.
--overwrite-key, -o
Overwrite the key if there is already a key on card.
--key-length length, -l length
Change the length of private key, use with -g.
--install-pin, -i
Install PIN file in token, you must provide PIN value with -x.
--pin-value value, -x value
set value of PIN.
--puk-value value, -y value
set value of PUK (or value of new PIN for change PIN command see -n).
--change-pin, -n
Changes a PIN stored on the token. User authentication is required for this operation.
--unblock-pin, -u
Unblocks a PIN stored on the token. Knowledge of the PIN Unblock Key (PUK) is required for this operation.
--certificate file, -t file
Write certificate file in PEM format to the card. User authentication is required for this operation.
--finalize, -f
Finalize the card. Once finalized the default key is invalidated so PIN and PUK can't be changed anymore without user authentication.
Warning, un-finalized are insecure because PIN can be changed without user authentication (knowledge of default key is enough).
--read-file path, -j path
Get the file path the file is written on disk with path name. User authentication is required for this operation.
--write-file path, -k path
Put the file with name path from disk to card the file is written in path. User authentication is required for this operation.
--help, -h
Print help message on screen.
-v
Causes westcos-tool to be more verbose. Specify this flag several times to enable debug output in the OpenSC library.
AUTHORS
westcos-tool was written by Francois Leblanc francois.leblanc@cev-sa.com.
opensc 06/03/2012 WESTCOS-TOOL(1)