How can I reset the root password remotely on a trusted system?

[jsalas09]

I am trying to use this command inside a korn shell script:

ssh root@<hostname>  "/usr/sam/lbin/usermod.sam -p ${newpassword}) $LOGIN_NAME"

But is not working.

Thanks in advance Amigos!

[donna hofmeister]

i can't tell from your example...is your new password encrypted?

anyhow....this might help:

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/General/Encrypted-passwords-on-trusted-systems/m-p/4866455#M153267

[jsalas09]

Yes it is; pwgen is a perl script that encrypts the new password.

Thanks for your time.