Changing multiple HACMP passwords 2

[phorbiuz]

Further to an earlier question about adding users, can anyone advise on the best way to set multiple users passwords in a cluster?

If, for example, we have 100 users on a non-HACMP system, the command 'cat password_file | chpasswd' would work if the file password_file existed, containing the users and their new passwd, eg:

albert:mon1234
barry:tue1234
charlie:wed1234
etc etc

However, this is a HACMP system I see no equivalent for HACMP. Even though the cl_chpasswd command exists, it doesn't appear to be able to take a file as input.

We're not allowed to add any new packages without going through full change control which is liable to take a couple of weeks.

Any recommendations?

 

[zaxxon]

cl_chpasswd is a shell script - I didn't look deeper into it but maybe you can have look into it's options etc. or feed it with a while read loop.

laters
zaxxon

 

[khalidaaa]

Maybe not a bright idea but how about maintaining the users locally to each node in the cluster instead of using the cluster to maintain the passwords!?!

All you need is to write a script that will create users, from one node, to all other nodes in the cluster (this includes options for changing the passwords).

Then you have to write a procedure and distribute it to those who will create the users to comply with it!

Regards,
Khalid