Don't mean to nitpick, but this doesn't seem the most secure solution. What's wrong with .ssh keys? (I guess I could answer that myself: a lot of people have trouble figuring them out).
Better than sending them in the clear over email/IRC at least. -ntk \Adam Megacz wrote: > Once this is done, any admin on deleuze can periodically invoke > > /afs/hcoop.net/common/etc/scripts/make-account-for-fyodor-user > > to create mire accounts for any fyodor users who have declared their > passwords. > > - a > > > Adam Megacz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Could you please: >> >> ssh fyodor.hcoop.net >> cd /home >> for USER in *; do >> sudo touch $USER/.mire-password >> sudo chown $USER:megacz $USER/.mire-password >> sudo chmod 660 $USER/.mire-password >> done >> >> This way I can (using a script and ssh keys) automatically and >> securely retrieve a user's desired password and overwrite the file >> contents once their account has been created (we don't want to leave >> these files lying around any longer than we have to). >> >> Thanks, >> >> - a >> >> -- >> PGP/GPG: 5C9F F366 C9CF 2145 E770 B1B8 EFB1 462D A146 C380 >> > > _______________________________________________ HCoop-SysAdmin mailing list [email protected] http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-sysadmin
