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1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
did a big mistake, changing root entry of /etc/passwd to
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/usr/bin/tmux split-window -v \; attach
as expected, now I can't login as root anymore. sudo ed /etc/passwd etc. doesn't work.
Any idea?
Use code tags to increase readability and follow the rules. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: dodona
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All, Wishes!!
I need some help to prepare a script to copy the public key from admin host to multiple client hosts to make them login without password.
Detailed :
I have an admin host "admin1" and i generated sshkeygen, now i have id_rsa.pub and i have around 50 client hosts. i... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kumar85shiv
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
i have one shell script which transfers files from one server to other server through FTP, but i can see login id and password is not mentioned.
kindly help to understand the script.then how below script is working if login and password is not mentioned in script
#!/bin/sh... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ni3b007
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4. AIX
Does anyone know when AIX started using /etc/security/passwd instead of /etc/passwd to store encrypted passwords? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Anne Neville
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I wanted to write a shell script which will change the expired passwd in oracle. Here is below what I am trying,
#!/bin/sh
set -x
ORACLE_HOME="/optware/oracle/9.2.0.2_64"
SQLPLUS="${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/sqlplus"
PASS="xyz"
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: gr8_usk
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6. Solaris
Hi Folks,
I have Solaris 10, latest release.
We have passwd aging set in /etc/defalut/passwd.
I have an account that passwd should never expire. Acheived by emptying associated users shadow file entries for passwd aging.
When I reset the users passwd using passwd command, it re enables... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: BG_JrAdmin
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7. Red Hat
I accidentally changed root shell from /bin/bash to bash in /etc/password, then logged out from root. Now I can't login as root and got "No shell" error, although I have root password. "su -f -s /bin/bash" command does NOT work. There is no GUI interface for this system.
My question: Do I have... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: aixlover
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello *nix users,
I'm wondering if there's a way to change a user's default shell in /etc/passwd to the telnet program along with some parameters.
For instance:
user:x:1001:1001::/home/user:/usr/bin/telnet localhost 12345
The above line in the /etc/passwd file gives the following error... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: tux0084
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I had to write a script to change my login password, and the script wasnt working fine. When I searched through the previous postings in this forum, I got the solution (using 'expect' tool).
But I would like to know why passwd command isnt working in scripts? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Deepa
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
I have a shell script in which I need to switch user and execute some commands and then come back to the original user. To make it more clear -
I have to log in as user xxx (this user is not root)- then 'su' to yyy - execute a script called zzz - then logout to xxx.
The problem I am... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: unique
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