Changing Password on Multiple LPARs 4

[khalidaaa]

AIXers,

How can i change my password of multiple LPARs given that ssh is already configured between those LPARs not to prompt for password on login?

I have 16 LPARs and it is a headache to change each one's root password at a time!

Thanks.

Regards,
Khalid

 

[p5wizard]

Have you checked out the chpasswd command?

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoc...c=/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds1/chpasswd.htm

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[khalidaaa]

Good command p5wizard! (and it is the best solution as it doesn't require any extra software to be installed) but the problem is when i login using the changed password it ask me to enter a new password!?! so it is not working as i expect!!!!

Could you please let me know if there is a workaround on this?

Thanks.

Regards,
Khalid

 

[p5wizard]

So, change the password with chpasswd command, then (un)set the required password flags with pwdadm command.

Check out the man pages for both commands...

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[columb]

Incidentally the reason I wrote my own version of 'chpasswd' is that I use AIX 5.1 which doesn't have the generic one - which is also why I tend to forget it exists.

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Columb Healy

 

[khalidaaa]

p5wizard,

You deserved this star as i used your suggestion in this!

Thank you very much for the million time

Regards,
Khalid