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Managing multiple servers --passwords
Posted by lykwydchykyn on Tue 2 Oct 2007 at 16:43
I have about 15 Linux servers that I need to change the passwords for root and another account on. Is there a reasonably secure way to do this all at once? I've read up on cfengine but it is more than my feeble addlebrain can comprehend.
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Why not use cssh to log in at the same time on your 15 servers ?
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Why not indeed? I didn't know about it; thanks! This will save me a lot of trouble.
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Just to let you know what we used to do.
We used to have a script that generates a new password on every 1st of the month. The password was build through a set phrase and the current date in an odd combination but easy to remember
e.g. on0-1JulAlittlePinguinwasBornIn2007
Nowadays when I think about it, I dont have a good feeling in doing something like that, something could go wrong. But we never had problems, worked well for us for a load of servers and workstations
We used to have a script that generates a new password on every 1st of the month. The password was build through a set phrase and the current date in an odd combination but easy to remember
e.g. on0-1JulAlittlePinguinwasBornIn2007
Nowadays when I think about it, I dont have a good feeling in doing something like that, something could go wrong. But we never had problems, worked well for us for a load of servers and workstations
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