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Re: [Wlug] Automatically setting passwords...

by Scott Venier

Assuming you're using a reasonably current linux distro, you probably want to be doing this through pam. http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Authen-PAM should get you going. This way you'd get all the locking and atomic operations that you really want when messing with the passwd files. Scott On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Chuck Haines wrote: > Interesting enough after I sent the last email. I did some research (yes > it was quick research) and came up with a couple things that might iterest > you. There is a package called MD%-crypt which should suit your purpose > (http://search.cpan.org/doc/LUISMUNOZ/Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.2/PasswdMD5.pm) > I also found, > http://search.cpan.org/doc/SSNODGRA/Unix-ConfigFile-0.06/PasswdFile.pm, > which provides access to /etc/password and does everything for you. > > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Keller, Tim wrote: > > > Does anybody know of or created a script that can change a users password > > without human intervention? > > > > or on a side note, does anybody know how to in perl hash a textual password > > into a MD5 hash that would be suitable to be inserted into a shadow file. > > > > Thanks, > > Tim. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > | Chuck Haines | AOL: CyberGrex | > | GDC Webmaster | ICQ: 3707881 | > | WPILA Lab Manager | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | > | http://gdc.wpi.edu | MSN: CyberGrex | > ---------------------------------------------- > "Geek by nature, Linux by choice." > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 11, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Automatically setting passwords...

by Chuck Haines

Interesting enough after I sent the last email. I did some research (yes it was quick research) and came up with a couple things that might iterest you. There is a package called MD%-crypt which should suit your purpose (http://search.cpan.org/doc/LUISMUNOZ/Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.2/PasswdMD5.pm) I also found, http://search.cpan.org/doc/SSNODGRA/Unix-ConfigFile-0.06/PasswdFile.pm, which provides access to /etc/password and does everything for you. On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Keller, Tim wrote: > Does anybody know of or created a script that can change a users password > without human intervention? > > or on a side note, does anybody know how to in perl hash a textual password > into a MD5 hash that would be suitable to be inserted into a shadow file. > > Thanks, > Tim. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > ---------------------------------------------- | Chuck Haines | AOL: CyberGrex | | GDC Webmaster | ICQ: 3707881 | | WPILA Lab Manager | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | | http://gdc.wpi.edu | MSN: CyberGrex | ---------------------------------------------- "Geek by nature, Linux by choice."

June 11, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Automatically setting passwords...

by Chuck Haines

I would suggest going to www.cpan.org and getting the md5 package for perl. Or even better, I'm sure someone has wanted to do this same thing or something similar and might have even written all or most of the script. CPAN is the place to look. On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Keller, Tim wrote: > Does anybody know of or created a script that can change a users password > without human intervention? > > or on a side note, does anybody know how to in perl hash a textual password > into a MD5 hash that would be suitable to be inserted into a shadow file. > > Thanks, > Tim. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > ---------------------------------------------- | Chuck Haines | AOL: CyberGrex | | GDC Webmaster | ICQ: 3707881 | | WPILA Lab Manager | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | | http://gdc.wpi.edu | MSN: CyberGrex | ---------------------------------------------- "Geek by nature, Linux by choice."

June 11, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Automatically setting passwords...

by Karl Hiramoto

you could look at the source code to the passwd utility or the apache htpasswd program. Don't you love open source :) or use an "expect" script and use the standard passwd utility. try "man expect" On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Keller, Tim wrote: > Well I came up with a kludgy solution... > > ... { perl snippet ... > > open($passwd,"| passwd --stdin useraccount") or die ("Unable to execute > passwd...\n"); > print $passwd $new_password_variable; > close $passwd; > > ... } perl snippet ... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:41 AM > To: 'wlug(a)wlug.org' > Subject: [Wlug] Automatically setting passwords... > > > Does anybody know of or created a script that can change a users password > without human intervention? > > or on a side note, does anybody know how to in perl hash a textual password > into a MD5 hash that would be suitable to be inserted into a shadow file. > > Thanks, > Tim. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 Personal web page: http://karl.hiramoto.org/ Zoop Productions: http://www.zoop.org/ KTEQ Rapid City: http://www.kteq.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø P-K4

June 11, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Automatically setting passwords...

by Keller, Tim

Well I came up with a kludgy solution... ... { perl snippet ... open($passwd,"| passwd --stdin useraccount") or die ("Unable to execute passwd...\n"); print $passwd $new_password_variable; close $passwd; ... } perl snippet ... -----Original Message----- From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:41 AM To: 'wlug(a)wlug.org' Subject: [Wlug] Automatically setting passwords... Does anybody know of or created a script that can change a users password without human intervention? or on a side note, does anybody know how to in perl hash a textual password into a MD5 hash that would be suitable to be inserted into a shadow file. Thanks, Tim. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 11, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Automatically setting passwords...

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Keller, Tim wrote: <snip> > or on a side note, does anybody know how to in perl hash a textual password > into a MD5 hash that would be suitable to be inserted into a shadow file. > > Thanks, > Tim. <snip> I'd like to know how Apache does their MD5 passwords, too. Bill

June 11, 2002

Automatically setting passwords...

by Keller, Tim

Does anybody know of or created a script that can change a users password without human intervention? or on a side note, does anybody know how to in perl hash a textual password into a MD5 hash that would be suitable to be inserted into a shadow file. Thanks, Tim.

June 11, 2002

Re: [Wlug] SuSE for Mac?

by Andy Stewart

On Tuesday 11 June 2002 12:53 am, avedis(a)ma.ultranet.com wrote: > My neighbor is looking for a copy of SuSE 7.2 for Mac. Does anyone have > a copy? If not, have you got the URL to download it? Thanks. > > Greg Hi Greg, There is a SuSE Linux for PPC. Go to www.suse.com and follow the "download SuSE" links. One place you'll end up is: ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/SuSE-Linux/ppc There is a version 7.3 for power PC shown on the website available for purchase, but the FTP link seems only to have versions 7.0 and 7.1. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

June 11, 2002

SuSE for Mac?

by avedis＠ma.ultranet.com

My neighbor is looking for a copy of SuSE 7.2 for Mac. Does anyone have a copy? If not, have you got the URL to download it? Thanks. Greg

June 11, 2002

Re: [Wlug] meeting topic brainstorm

by Charles R. Anderson

On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:27:26PM -0400, Karl Hiramoto wrote: karl> Anyone done much with LDAP servers? Authentication? Network karl> security? iptables? I'd personally love to see a talk on LDAPv3 w/KerberosV done on Linux. Bonus points if someone has gotten this to interoperate with Active Directory (which is basically just that). Here's the HOWTO: http://www.bayour.com/LDAPv3-HOWTO.html -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

June 11, 2002