01-04-2017
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araan87
thank you for the accurate description
so basically there is not any way to avoid this problem?
Not without installing third-party applications and/or arranging privileged access first.
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i've tried to make some research on the web, i've found a ssh key...
it should be a way to store a specific key (like a password) and to evoke it when needed.
Could it be used for my task ?
Maybe -- if you enabled ssh servers, enabled root, and enabled ssh root logins on all your machines first. That would allow you to ssh into root. You would still have the problem of password inputs - but at least you would be root.
That's kind of the point - these shenanigans are locked down by default.
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NAME
shadow - encrypted password file
DESCRIPTION
shadow contains the encrypted password information for user's accounts and optional the password aging information. Included is
Login name
Encrypted password
Days since Jan 1, 1970 that password was last changed
Days before password may be changed
Days after which password must be changed
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Days since Jan 1, 1970 that account is disabled
A reserved field
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The date of the last password change is given as the number of days since Jan 1, 1970. The password may not be changed again until the
proper number of days have passed, and must be changed after the maximum number of days. If the minimum number of days required is greater
than the maximum number of day allowed, this password may not be changed by the user.
An account is considered to be inactive and is disabled if the password is not changed within the specified number of days after the pass-
word expires. An account will also be disabled on the specified day regardless of other password expiration information.
This information supercedes any password or password age information present in /etc/passwd.
This file must not be readable by regular users if password security is to be maintained.
FILES
/etc/passwd - user account information
/etc/shadow - encrypted user passwords
SEE ALSO
chage(1), login(1), passwd(1), su(1), passwd(5), pwconv(8), pwunconv(8), sulogin(8)
AUTHOR
Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)
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