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> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:17:52 -0400
> From: Lissa Valletta <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Changing passwords with xCat
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> The only problem with using chpasswd or passwd, is they will not work with
> xdsh or psh because of the prompting, so if you have a lot of nodes you
> will have to do them one at a time with ssh. One way to get it to run
> with the parallel command is to create a script with the following line or
> something like it. I have been unable to get it to work on the command
> line.
> $cmd = qq~echo $password | passwd testuser --stdin~;
>
> Lissa K. Valletta
> 2-3/T12
> Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
> (tie 293) 433-3102
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> I get it working with (password in a variable to allow symbols, and double
quote in the xdsh command), e.g:
NPASS='my!New!PassWord'
xdsh all "echo $NPASS | chpasswd -m"
Luis
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