Try this instead so the password is not logged to the history.
I assume this is obvious, but if you do it this way, be sure that the permissions on /tmp/secret only allow read and write access to the file's owner and be sure that the file's owner is root.
Hi Moderators,
I forgot the login password and am accessing the forum page through save form password credentials.
Could you please reset my password ?
Thanks,
:) (5 Replies)
Is there anyway that I can reset user's password using a script/ssh command?
ie. emulate passwd command with a default password of abc123 or even null value?
> ssh server1 pwdadm user1 < /dev/null
or
> ssh server1 passwd user1 < /dev/null
neither worked for me.. but you know what I... (1 Reply)
hi,
i am unable to reset one of my server user password.
whenever i make a "passwd username" i get the following
error
========================================
New Password:
Re-enter new Password:
Permission denied
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please advise.thanks... (6 Replies)
Hey all,
I'm looking for a script to auto-generate a password for users that forget their password.
Currently, we are using a perl script (with cgi-bin) where users update their password, but would like to add to this and make it so that the users can also request a password reset and a... (1 Reply)
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to have cron change your password every month from an encrypted list of passwords?I have several servers I hardly ever go near but when I do the password has always expired and it takes a long time to get the administrators to reset it for me. I was thinking... (4 Replies)
Hello, everyone i have a little scenario and would like help ,
SCENARIO
OS : SunOS 5.10
Shell: KSH
UserName 1 connects to Server1 .He should run a little command or somthing to server2 that Resets the password of user2.
i have tried this :
ssh user@server2 '/usr/local/bin/sudo passwd... (0 Replies)
Hello, everyone i have a little scenario and would like help ,
SCENARIO
OS : SunOS 5.10
Shell: KSH
UserName 1 connects to Server1 .He should run a little command or somthing to server2 that Resets the password of user2.
i have tried this :
ssh user@server2 '/usr/local/bin/sudo passwd... (2 Replies)
So my dad bought an iMac from my mom, but she does not know the admin password anymore. I read on the apple forums that I should look here for help on resetting the password. The iMac runs OSX 10.6.3. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks (3 Replies)
Hi,
We have two LDAP servers. Whenever we get a ticket to reset the password, we login to LDAP primary server and reset the password. For below example, I logged into primary LDAP server and resetting password to john to Welcome123#
We are giving this work to tier-1 team, so that they can reset... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ron323232
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10. Forum Support Area for Unregistered Users & Account Problems
I was unable to login and so used the "Forgotten Password' process. I was sent a NEWLY-PROVIDED password and a link through which my password could be changed. The NEWLY-PROVIDED password allowed me to login.
Following the provided link I attempted to update my password to one of my own... (1 Reply)