Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:14:21 +0545 From: Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@wlink.com.np> To: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need to re-generate the passwords in /etc/passwd Message-ID: <47959B51.8030405@wlink.com.np> In-Reply-To: <200801220717.m0M7HLjR049208@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <47958F26.3030704@wlink.com.np> <200801220717.m0M7HLjR049208@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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Hi Oliver, Olivier Nicole wrote: >> Due to some security purposes, I need to re-generate all the passwords >> for my users from the file /etc/passwd. > > I use the following script to generate passwords: > > http://www.cs.ait.ac.th/cgi-bin/phi-soft/gen-multipasswd How do I use the above script for my machine which I access remotely by SSH. > > I could send it to you as Perl script, so you could generate 500 > passwords in one run, or you call the web page enough number of times. That will be great! So I just run the script against /etc/passwd and presto, all the users in that file will be generated new passwords. I will need a way to pass the newly generated passwords to individuals users. > > The password is generated as a psuedo Markov chain on probability > based on some pieces of English text (FreeBSD man pages). It adds at > least 2 numbers, one non alpha-numerical sign and turns some letters > into uppercase. > > At first the passwords were very English like "words", now it is more > confusing. > > non-alpha-numerical characters are choosen to avoid conflicts with the > softwares I am using it: samba, FreeBSD login, MySQL... Sounds great! Thanks alot > > Best regards, > > Olivier > > > > -- With best regards and good wishes, Yours sincerely, Tek Bahadur Limbu System Administrator (TAG/TDG Group) Jwl Systems Department Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd. Jawalakhel, Nepal http://www.wlink.com.np http://teklimbu.wordpress.com
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