and then lookup the hash in the /etc/shadow file > or use the mkpasswd utility (with which I am not familiar) > > Once you have the hashed value of your desired clear text password > you can copy&paste that in the user definition. > > -Stefan >
your answer is just the text of my original question. So the question still stands: how do I get the hashed value from /etc/shadow? Here is the background of my problem. I have 40 puppet clients and one master. The password of each user expires after 90 days. Instead of changing their password manually on 40 different servers by logging into each server,each user will have to change his/her password on the puppet server only and Puppet will replicate the hash value on each puppet client. Obviously I will never know the user's password and am not interested in replicating the root password. NIS and LDAP are not an option. Thank you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
