Automaticly reset pureftp password
 

Hello There,

I'm trying to write a script that will reset the password of a specific user every night and write the new password of that user in a password.txt file located in the home folder of that user.

I've try to write a script with expect, but although I don't get any error message it doesn't reset the password:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...orking-923997/

Do you have any idea how can I do this?

Best regards,
Angel.

Interesting ... how is the user going to login to get the new passwd once you've changed it???
To say nothing of the dangers of leaving it readable in a user's dir...

In any case, this should work to change it

Hi Chris,

Sorry I forgot to mention, I'm not using unix user but virtual user stored in /etc/pureftpd.passwd

So to change password I need to use the command pure-pw


So your solution does not apply, but it help me a lot to find the answer anyway.
The following works fine for me:
Thanks a lot,

Still curious about how the user will know the passwd and the security issue of leaving it lying around .. ?

The password is generated randomly every night and send by email to the admin of the account.

I don't store the password in a file any more.