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Old 05-13-2009
Need help with user password automation
Hello,

I need some assistance in trying to figure out the best way to automate user account password resets.

The environment is a mix of 2000 HP-ux, aix, linux, and sunos boxes.

The security specs are to reset pw's every 90 days.

Most boxes are only accessible from within a current ssh session ( i use putty)

Does anybody have any suggestions as to the best way to tackle this, as doing 2000 pw resets every 90 days manually would take forever, if even possible.

Thanks!
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Old 05-13-2009
You may want to consider using Expect - Expect - Expect - Home Page.

tyler_durden
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Old 05-14-2009
unable to instal autoexpect
I wish I could install autoexpect, but even though I have root access on these servers, they are for an external client, so we can't install anything.

I was thinking of maybe a keyboard+mouse macro, or batch file from windows through putty?

Any automation is better than none, if anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate it.
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