I have to create a bunch of functional (non-user) accounts that are owned by 1 person. And I create several of these functional accounts each day so there are several owners. Is there a way to make a password based off an algorithm that uses the owners identification number, so all accounts I create that day will have the same password for the corresponding owner. The algorithm could change based on date but for that 1 day the owner of accounts would receive the same password for what they requested.
Hi all,
I am trying to send a file from my local machine to some remote machine using sftp functionality...I have already checked this thread. here it says:
sftp -b /dev/fd/0 remotehost <<EOF
But I dont understand how to make a password file on this location (/dev/fd/0) ?? And what... (2 Replies)
I´m a new system administrator. I have to create a script to put in crontab to change periodically root password and didtribute it to other servers. I searched the posted threads but I didn't find my answer. I would like to do this using ssh and trusted keys. Can anyone help me? Thanks. Aldina (0 Replies)
I am trying to create a shell script that will:
check if a specific user already exists
if not, create a specific group and create the user in that group
assign a password to that user, where the password is passed in as a parameter to the script
The problem that I need help with is 3 on... (4 Replies)
HI I 'm new shall script and unix. I want to create script for change password root by ssh-keygen command . I have 50 servers and I want ot login ot the servers via ssh by type ones password and can login every machines.The script ssh-keygen must ot generate key every weekly than it send new... (2 Replies)
I have performed the following with lower case group and usernames and the only difference is that the error message under groupadd goes away, yet I am still unable to successfully add a user WITH a home directory.
This is in Solaris 10. I am able to add a group, add a user, add the users... (3 Replies)
Below is my code to create a user account but it doesn't take a password automatically. I have to run the password command seperately to do this
What I want to do is to be able to accept the password in a script.
In linux with the "useradd' command you can give the "-p" flag to accept the... (1 Reply)
:eek:Below is my code to create a user account but it doesn't take a password automatically. I have to run the password command seperately to do this
What I want to do is to be able to accept the password in a script.
In linux with the "useradd' command you can give the "-p" flag to accept the... (1 Reply)
:eek:Below is my code to create a user account but it doesn't take a password automatically. I have to run the password command seperately to do this
What I want to do is to be able to accept the password in a script.
In linux with the "useradd' command you can give the "-p" flag to accept the... (3 Replies)
Hi experts,
I have a score matrix like below, where the 3rd column ( 1 max, 0 min) says how close the 2nd column variable is to the 1st column variable
a b 0.3
a c 0.87
a d 0.75
b x 0.67
b y 0.98
b z 0.24
c ... (4 Replies)
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SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/select.h>
void explain_select_or_die(int nfds, fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds, fd_set *exceptfds, struct timeval *timeout);
DESCRIPTION
The explain_select_or_die function is used to call the select(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr,
obtained from explain_select(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:
explain_select_or_die(nfds, readfds, writefds, exceptfds, timeout);
nfds The nfds, exactly as to be passed to the select(2) system call.
readfds The readfds, exactly as to be passed to the select(2) system call.
writefds
The writefds, exactly as to be passed to the select(2) system call.
exceptfds
The exceptfds, exactly as to be passed to the select(2) system call.
timeout The timeout, exactly as to be passed to the select(2) system call.
Returns:
This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits.
SEE ALSO select(2)
blah blah
explain_select(3)
explain select(2) errors
exit(2) terminate the calling process
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