RE: [expert] password change script

2003-02-04 Thread Brian York
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] password change script Jan Wilson wrote: * Ric Tibbetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030131 16:14]: 7 systems is plenty for NIS. I've done it for as few as 3. Save yourself some headaches, put in NIS. It's easy! Brian York wrote: Does anyone have or know

RE: [expert] password change script

2003-02-04 Thread Jack Coates
Tibbetts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] password change script Jan Wilson wrote: * Ric Tibbetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030131 16:14]: 7 systems is plenty for NIS. I've done it for as few as 3. Save yourself some

[expert] password change script

2003-01-31 Thread Brian York
Does anyone have or know of a script/program (preferably perl) that could be configured to change a users password on all linux machines on a network. I know a nis server would be better but we don't have enough linux machines yet to require one (only 7 linux servers). Thanks Brian Want to

Re: [expert] password change script

2003-01-31 Thread Ric Tibbetts
7 systems is plenty for NIS. I've done it for as few as 3. Save yourself some headaches, put in NIS. It's easy! Ric Brian York wrote: Does anyone have or know of a script/program (preferably perl) that could be configured to change a users password on all linux machines on a network. I

Re: [expert] password change script

2003-01-31 Thread Jim C
You might consider skipping NIS and going straight to LDAP. I've heard that NIS is less reliable. Can anyone verify? Mandrake has a good HOWTO for LDAP. NIS is pretty easy though. All you do is make sure you've got all the required daemons running and then set the name you want for your NIS

Re: [expert] password change script

2003-01-31 Thread Jan Wilson
* Ric Tibbetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030131 16:14]: 7 systems is plenty for NIS. I've done it for as few as 3. Save yourself some headaches, put in NIS. It's easy! Brian York wrote: Does anyone have or know of a script/program (preferably perl) that could be configured to change a users

Re: [expert] password change script

2003-01-31 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Jan Wilson wrote: * Ric Tibbetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030131 16:14]: 7 systems is plenty for NIS. I've done it for as few as 3. Save yourself some headaches, put in NIS. It's easy! Brian York wrote: Does anyone have or know of a script/program (preferably perl) that could be configured to