Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Say I have 100 different servers. All have different functions and different users accessing them. There is however a common user that is the same on each server.

Is there a way to write a script that goes out and changes the password for that user on all the servers if standard input is the list of servers?

Thanks in advance,

Z

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I've done something like this but it required Expect to be installed on each server.

You could script the install of Expect, then script the password change.

Originally posted by: aixylinux

Install Expect and its prereq Tcl. They are in the AIX Linux toolbox. After the install you will find a script /usr/bin/passmass. This script will change a password on all hosts listed on the command line. 100 systems might fit on the command line, but you'd be better off to change the script to read the systems from a file. Also the script assumes the hosts are all accessed the same way -- telnet, rlogin, etc. It needs a minor update to support SSH. I know it easy to say "change the script". But Expect/Tcl is not that hard to learn, and it's a very useful tool. Refer to the O'Reilly book "Exploring Expect" by Don Libes.

passmass -telnet host1 host2 host3

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Thanks guys.

I think thats the path Ill take.

Zipp
San Antonio,Texas