I presume everyone is aware of the risks associated with storing
plaintext passwords in any file, including script files, and the ways of
reducing (but not eliminating) said risks.....
For example (but by no means exhaustively) I wouldn't do chmod +x on the
file, but would do chmod u+x. and also go-rwx, unless I had extremely
compelling reasons otherwise.
Mike
Continuing an off-topic thread, I know, but......
ApOgEE wrote:
> Owh, another thing... make sure you've installed 'expect'
>
> # apt-get install expect
>
> Good Luck!!
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:50 PM, ApOgEE <
jerungkun@...> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> There is another way... Here's my way to do it:
>> copy and paste this command:
>>
>> $ cat > chpass << EOF
>> #!/bin/sh
>> # \\
>> exec expect -f "\$0" \${1+"\$@"}
>> set password [lindex \$argv 1]
>> spawn passwd [lindex \$argv 0]
>> sleep 1
>> expect "assword:"
>> send "\$password\r"
>> expect "assword:"
>> send "\$password\r"
>> expect eof
>> EOF
>>
>>
>> Then issue this command:
>> $ chmod +x chpass
>>
>>
>> to test it, just try this command:
>> $ ./chpass <username> <newpassword>
>>
>> for example:
>> root@mydebian:root# /root/chpass root mynewrootpass
>> spawn passwd root
>> Enter new UNIX password:
>> Retype new UNIX password:
>> passwd: password updated successfully
>> root@mydebian:root#
>>
>> Good Luck!!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Phuong Phan Thi Bach
>> <
ptbphuong@...> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> The "passwd" command expects to read the new password only from the
>>> console, How to it read the new password only from a file. I create a file
>>> (Ex: test file )
>>>
>>> test file
>>> 123456
>>> 123456
>>> After, I use: "passwd < test" (shell on Debian is sh)
>>> But it always error: "Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password:
>>> Sorry, passwords do not match"
>>> Please, could you help me.
>>> Best regards,
>>> Phuong
>>>
>>>
>>>
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