> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Egglestone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 2:02 PM > To: debian > Subject: Re: sync root passwords? > > Quoting Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > You might want to reconsider the project, frankly - why not make > different > > root passwords for different machines? That would seem to be a more > secure > > alternative. You can make them systematically different to save yourself > > memorizing them all, by (for example) using the second letter of the > > hostname as one of the characters of the root password or something > along > > those lines. > > > > ap > > > It might be a little more secure. but what happens when the pattern > changes? > You have to login to each server and adjust it. I would like one script to > do > them all at one shot. Plus, I figure if they hack my root passord, they > could > probably easily figure out the pattern and get all my other servers > anyway. So then do something like:
#!/bin/sh SERVER="merc satu plut mars uran" for i in $SERVER do ssh $SERVER passwd root 123$i321 done -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
