topic login script in Operating System - HP-UX

login script

CubanitaTechDiva — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 17:44:43 GMT

Hi! I'm trying to develop a script to create a user login and create a default password for this login that the user will be forced to change the first time they log in. I can create the login, but need help with setting up the expiring password from within a script. Please advise, and thanks!

Re: login script

Wilfred Chau_1 — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 17:51:52 GMT

add these to your script,

passwd -d
passwd -f

The first line will remove the "*" from the password field and the second line will force the user to enter a new password.

Re: login script

Seth Parker — Fri, 18 Apr 2003 13:37:01 GMT

Gloria,

If you've already got the account created, the man page for passwd seems to say you could use the -x and -f options to set expiration (in days) and immediately force the user change the password.

Try something like:

passwd
passwd -x -f

Good Luck!
Seth

Re: login script

Dario_1 — Fri, 18 Apr 2003 15:45:10 GMT

Hi Gloria:

Check this out. It was posted yesterday:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x39279607df6ed711abdc0090277a778c,00.html

Regards,

DR