[TriLUG] security vs. services @ trilug.org

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 07:26, John F Davis wrote:
> Hello
> 
> For what its worth, I can write you an expect script in 5 minutes which
> will enable you to change passwords on
> all machines for one user in one step.  I have a similar script which I use
> on my machines.  Its no big deal.
> You ssh into the machine and change your password just like you would do
> manually.  Its just that expect does
> all the typing.  ie. no more risk and less time.
> 
> JD

John,

That assumes you have a shell account on the machine in question.
That will not necessarily be the case on the mail machine.  The
handling of mail accounts and the handling of shell accounts is
completely divorced from each other.

Tanner
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