Thank you , that is a very good suggestion.I will do it that way and report back if I need help.
Regards, Andrew On Saturday, 31 August 2019 03:31:14 UTC-4, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote: > > On 8/30/19 6:59 PM, Andrew Morgan wrote: > > Thank you for your answer. The vpn box is a simple openvpn server, so > changing the linux users password is simple. I > > think I am having issues with how to export those values(username and > associated) password to a file. Is there an > > example of this you can point me toward? I am not seeing any online. > > > > Thank you > > Hello Andrew, > > I would do it the other way around - set up a YAML file with the usernames > and passwords on the Ansible controller > and change the passwords based on that. The YAML file should be encrypted > with Ansible vault for security. > > Regards > Racke > > > > > On Friday, 30 August 2019 02:33:20 UTC-4, Dick Visser wrote: > > > > It depends on what your vpn box looks like and how easy it is to > change passwords on it. > > You can loop over the users changing their password to a random > value and then writing those to files named after > > the user name. > > This is just one way of doing it- there are probably more. > > > > But whatever you come up with, as an affected user I wouldn’t be > very happy if someone else sets a password for me > > and then copies that around in plain text files. > > You can try to secure this but ultimately it’s best to offer a > secure way for users to do this themselves. Or have > > the vpn box authenticate users to some existing directory (both of > which might not be possible, depending on your > > situation). > > > > Dick > > > > > > On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 at 08:20, Andrew Morgan <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > > I have a task to change all the password on a vpnbox and then > give the user their password. I have been > > researching and think I found a way to do it, but I am not sure > how I then get the password to output to a file > > to then give the user. Is there a way I can go about doing that? > After assigning a password, out the password > > that was assigned and the user's name to a file. > > > > Thank you > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from > it, send an email to [email protected] > > <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/5795afb5-a59d-421d-91a2-6b5a645a2c56%40googlegroups.com > > > < > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/5795afb5-a59d-421d-91a2-6b5a645a2c56%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > > > > -- > > Sent from a mobile device - please excuse the brevity, spelling and > punctuation. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ansible Project" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to > > [email protected] <javascript:> <mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/4c5e0a70-5619-4f0d-854c-b11cfa26d26c%40googlegroups.com > > > < > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/4c5e0a70-5619-4f0d-854c-b11cfa26d26c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > > > -- > Ecommerce and Linux consulting + Perl and web application programming. > Debian and Sympa administration. Provisioning with Ansible. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/53cf4c5e-eafb-4bc4-b7e3-f7bff310bc2b%40googlegroups.com.
