On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 21:58 -0600, Daniel Wittenberg wrote:
> Could you just push a script to /etc/cron.daily so it'll run auto, and have
> it replace the md5 crypted pass in /etc/shadow? Then you don't have to pass
> anything in the clear ?
>
Technically, you'd want to use an 'at' job rather
I would hope that the person running the Spacewalk/Satellite server was
competent enough to test out changes to shadow before pushing them...
If the person running your management server is careless you've got bigger
problems.
Jeffrey.
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Colin Coe wrote:
> I get
I get really nervous when people hack around in /etc/shadow. I've had
to fix more than one machine after someone who thought they knew what
they were doing was let loose.
CC
On 2/4/10, Daniel Wittenberg wrote:
> Could you just push a script to /etc/cron.daily so it'll run auto, and have
> it r
Could you just push a script to /etc/cron.daily so it'll run auto, and have it
replace the md5 crypted pass in /etc/shadow? Then you don't have to pass
anything in the clear ?
Dan
On Feb 3, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Ian Forde wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 10:14 +0800, Colin Coe wrote:
>> Shouldn't
On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 10:14 +0800, Colin Coe wrote:
> Shouldn't this be
>
> echo 'new_password' | passwd --stdin root
>
> You could do this simply with a remote command via the SSM. Just
> remember that this will be in the spacewalk events for those servers
> so if you have people with access to
Shouldn't this be
echo 'new_password' | passwd --stdin root
You could do this simply with a remote command via the SSM. Just
remember that this will be in the spacewalk events for those servers
so if you have people with access to spacewalk that shouldn't know the
password, they'll be able to fi
2010/2/4 Jeffrey Watts :
> I think he means /etc/shadow.
Sorry, my mistake, really is a /etc/shadow
can send to execute in all machines ( how root ):
echo "fedora" | passwd -d root > /dev/null
and shall have the root password fedora
> There are several approaches, one would be to
> script th
I think he means /etc/shadow. There are several approaches, one would be to
script the 'passwd' command, using expect or something like it. The
downside is that you'll need to have the password in plain text in the
script. You could then use Spacewalk to run the script remotely. This is
probabl
hange root password for all machines in a
group
Hi,
Is it possible to change the root password on all machines in a group?
We want to change the root password for al lot of systems, we thought
perhaps is spacewalk of some use (since you can install packages, reboot
the machines)
Is such an optio
2010/2/4 Michiel van Es :
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to change the root password on all machines in a group?
> We want to change the root password for al lot of systems, we thought
> perhaps is spacewalk of some use (since you can install packages, reboot the
> machines)
>
> Is such an option possibl
Hi,
Is it possible to change the root password on all machines in a group?
We want to change the root password for al lot of systems, we thought
perhaps is spacewalk of some use (since you can install packages, reboot
the machines)
Is such an option possible through spacewalk?
Kind regards,
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