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Old 05-21-2014
Debian Vi editing with a command
Hi Friends,

we have 300+ AIX servers and wants to update /etc/secutiry/user config file to add more parameters for a user. Could you please provide shell script or command?

Existing data:
---------------
Code:
ramesh:
   admin = false
   minlen = 4

TO be updated:
------------------
Code:
ramesh:
   admin = false
   minlen = 4
   minalpha  = 3
   minother  = 2
   minlen  = 8
   histexpire  = 52
   histsize  = 20

Thanks,
Suresh
Last edited by vbe; 05-21-2014 at 05:45 AM..
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Old 05-21-2014
Can you remote shell or SSH connect without a password with sufficient privileges?

If so, then you can set up a loop to execute the same to each server submitting a chuser command rather than editing the file.


What have you got so far?


Robin
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