Quoting Rich Puhek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hopefully, you're using ssh on all your machines. If so (and if you're > set up to use public keys for authentication, instead of passwords) you > could do something like: > I do have one server that already uses public keys and ssh's into the servers automagically for rysnc backups. Your little script should work great. I'll give it a go. Thanks!
Mike > #/bin/sh > > servers="server1 server2 server3 server4"; > > for server in $servers; do > ssh $server passwd root $1; > done; > > which would ssh into every server in the list $servers, and change the > root password to the given arguement. > > You may want to look at NIS for centeralized management, as well. > > I would not recommend directly copying the shadow entry. You've got a > lot of ways for something to go bad there, especially with lots of > machines... > > --Rich > > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
