On 3/4/21 7:06 AM, Daniel Botting wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been using the withlist command to delete a given administrator
> or moderator from all mailman 2.1 lists.
>
> I also require to change the moderator or admin password for all lists
> that they have been removed from, but have it so that it is a different
> randomly generated password for each list they are removed from and then
> have this emailed to the other moderators or admins who are then left or
> a default address if none are left (I have managed so far that it is
> changed to the same password for each list they have been removed from).
> I am currently at the beginning of my Python learning so this is why I'm
> asking for help.
>
> My script and usage so far can be found below:
>
> Usage:
>
> withlist --all --run script_name.change_administrator_password
> firstname.lastn...@domain.co.uk `pwgen -sB 15 1`
>
> The script is saved at:
>
> /usr/sbin/
>
> Function defined in the script:
>
> import sha
>
> def change_administrator_password(mlist, owner, newpasswd):
> mlist.Lock()
> try:
> if mlist.owner[mlist.owner.index(owner)]:
> mlist.password = sha.new(newpasswd).hexdigest()
> print (newpasswd)
>
> except:
> print("password not changed for", (mlist.real_name, owner))
> mlist.Save()
> mlist.Unlock()
>
> This will go through all lists and change the administrator password to
> a randomly generated one, but as advised above it will set the same
> password (not what I want) I've put a print in for debugging so I can
> see what it was.
This was asked and answered at
<https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mailman/+question/695864>
The answer there was correct and is you are generating the password once
as part of the withlist command line and passing the one single output
of `pwgen -sB 15 1` as the password argument to the script. You need to
generate a password within the script.
--
Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers,
San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
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