Hi all , Just to complete Robert's script there is a few procedures that I complement .
Use ssh exchange key with root ID or another user that could sudo to root and create the same user in all server ( maybe because that root is better ) . The first time you should to put the password in all server but after that the work will be easiest . TIP : A good link to explain how to do that -> http://www.oreilly.com/pub/h/66 After that create a list of the server and change the script to something like this : for SERVER in $(cat list_of_servers) ; do ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] '${1}' if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then echo "Command $1 in $SERVER execute OK" else echo " Error in $SERVER execution " fi done in that way you can use this script to the most of the commands that you need to run in more than one server . You can use cp send in a rexx script too . Best Regards, Saulo Augusto Silva IBM zLinux Support RPN01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To expand James' answer a bit (I've never used the chpasswd command): for I in system1 system2 system3 ; do ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'echo "user:newpass" | chpasswd' done The list of systems could be given by hand, as above, or could be pulled from a file, as in "for I in `cat system.names` ; do" (not sure what the various e-mail programs will do with that, but those are back-ticks around the cat command. You can speed this process up by trading a public key with all the servers involved, such that you wouldn't need to enter a password for each server. With that in mind, it would be a better idea to use another, properly privledged userid, other than root, to perform the task. Maybe go with "ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'echo "user:newpass" | sudo chpasswd'", and pass around a public key for "pswdguy". -- .~. Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation /V\ RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /( )\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ^^-^^ ----- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 10/26/07 8:45 AM, "Richard Lynch" wrote: > CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR) wrote: >> Running zLinux as Guests on zVM is fantastic until it comes time to >> reset your password across multiple servers. The guest servers are >> multiply like rabbits. We are a shop new to Linux on the mainframe and >> have a question. >> >> Is there a way to apply without using LDAP, or to issue a series of >> commands like passwd across multiple servers either through SSH or other >> method from a single server. Where should I point my "learning curve" to >> resolve this? I am new to scripting, but how different from REXX can it >> be? >> >> Thanks in advance for any comments and insight >> James Chaplin >> Systems Programmer >> USCBP >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> >> > LDAP is clearly the perferred solution for this situation. However, if > you don't want to do that see chpasswd. Somthing like... > > echo 'user:newpass' | chpasswd > > ... could be pushed out to the other servers using ssh. > > ~rich > > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
