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unix/mac questions about password changes or storage, the related `.passwd` file or `passwd` command

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Using OpenSSL to generate passwd on iPhone

I have the OpenSSL library working fine on my iPhone, and can create hashes etc... I was just wondering how I'd create a salted password within the app so it matches the output of this: openssl passwd -crypt -salt xxxxxxxxxxxx password I'm looking…
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domain users and permissions in linux

I have multiple Linux servers (Ubuntu) that are joined to an active directory, and users are using their own credentials to log in, the problem is where I wanna define uid and gid for these users to grant root permission at the start (I need to…
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Changing eDirectory Password From Linux Machine

I have Configured LDAP Authentication for my Linux Machines. The LDAP Server is Novell eDirectory. The LDAP Users are able to login into the machine. But when i am issuing passwd command it is asking LDAP password then asking to give me new…
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Ansible user module: how to have the UID defined to a default setting?

I have a list of dictionaries containing user details. Some of them need specific UIDs, but most of them don't. Example: # list_of_dictionaries__users - { name: user1, uid: 654, group: user1 } - { name: user2, group: user2 } - { name: user3,…
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Where I can find the Python `pwd` module for MS Windows?

I use the Python standard library pwd module on GNU+Linux, but now I try to run my application in Microsoft Windows and can not find it. I'm using python 2.6.6. Where can I find the pwd module for use in Python on MS Windows?
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How to handle errors from passwd in expect script?

I'm trying to create an expect script to update a user's password non-interactively. New to expect and shell scripting. I want to be able to capture and handle errors encountered. For example, if I'm running passwd normally, and my new password…
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Identify Linux passwd file

I need help in writing a function (python preferably) to identify if a file is /etc/passwd or etc/shadow. So far I have tried using print(pw.getpwall()) but this reads the file from the os env. I need a library that takes input and can tell if a…
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Enabling root user on Ubuntu 18.04

I’ve bought a bare metal server and I was provided with a non-root user to log in. I’ve tried enabling the root with sudo passwd root and changing the password and after I used sudo passwd -u root but I still get invalid username/password when I try…
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PAM: Confirm old password before changing to new password in SUSE Linux

OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Login as root server:~ # cat /etc/pam.d/common-password | grep -i ^PASS password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=9 dcredit=-1 ucredit=-1 lcredit=-1 ocredit=-1 difok=4 password required …
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Errors while changing "passwd" in openwrt

I am using ext4 as my root file system. I am using OpenWRT Chaos Calmer. When I change the passwd, I see the following error sometimes: root@US16SIQC:~# passwd Changing password for root New password: Bad password: too short Retype password:…
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Problem with an expect script

I'm trying to create a script to update a password in a non-interactive way. It's working on my laptop but fails on my server. Both are running the same configuration, using Etch. This is the script: #!/usr/bin/expect -f # Change user passwd set…
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how to pass a user password ,stored in config file to passwd command

I am trying to create linux users using a script . The username and corresponding password are stored in a config file. config file is given below username="user1" password="passxxx" using a shell script i am creating linux users with username and…
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expect / passwd script over ssh: Authentication token manipulation error

I want to create script for password change using ssh. So I'm using expect and bash to run my script. This is part of my code: 1 #!/usr/bin/expect -f 1 2 set user [lindex $argv 0] 3 set host [lindex $argv 1] 4 set password [lindex $argv…
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Change/Set password for git system account on omnibus gitlab server

We installed gitlab in omnibus method.We are using gitlab-rake console for lot of our administration activity.If it is a one time activity we can get root access and do our activity as sudo.In case of permanent scheduled operation we are facing…
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change user password using shell_exec function

I have created a new user and password. Now I need to change the username and password from the web page. I am able to change the username using usermod. But I am not able to change to password using the passwd command. Here the…
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