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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Problem to automate the change password Post 302906016 by rajjev_saini123 on Monday 16th of June 2014 04:23:47 PM
Old 06-16-2014
Lightbulb Problem to automate the change password
Hi.

I know how to get new password from input file which have till Dec 2014 passwords with today's date, i want to change my password everyday for which i know how to set cron job that will run everyday in morning. once it is changed it should e-mail me if it successful or not.

Can someone please provide some advise on it.

Code:
#!/bin/sh
CWD=/home/John/Password
cd $CWD
(grep "`date +"%d-%b"`" abc.txt) > /home//John/Password/dateout.txt

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Last edited by rajjev_saini123; 06-17-2014 at 01:18 PM..
 

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jifty::plugin::authentication::password::dispatcher

Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Dispatcher(3pm)User Contributed Perl DocumentatioJifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Dispatcher(3pm)

NAME

       Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Dispatcher - password plugin dispatcher

DESCRIPTION

       All the dispatcher rules jifty needs to support "" in Jifty::Authentication::Password

RULES

   "before logout"
       Logout and return home.

       See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Action::Logout.

   "before *"
       Setup the navigation menu for login or logout.

   "on qr/^(?:signup|lost_password)$/"
       Redirect to home if logged.

       Request a password reminder or signup for an account otherwise.

   "on login"
       Redirect to home if logged.

       Show the login form otherwise.

   "before reset_lost_password"
       Request a password reset.

   "before passwordreminder"
       Request a new password reminder to be sent by email.

       See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Action::SendPasswordReminder.

   "before signup"
       Sign up for an account.

       See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Action::Signup.

   "before login"
       Login to your account.

       See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Action::Login.

   not_logged_in_nav
       Adds the login and signup links to the navigation menu.

   logged_in_nav
       Adds the logout link to the navigation menu.

SEE ALSO

       Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password, Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::View

COPYRIGHT

       Jifty is Copyright 2005-2010 Best Practical Solutions, LLC.  Jifty is distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2010-12-10		  Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Dispatcher(3pm)
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