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Old 02-15-2007, 06:36 AM   #1
noir911
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[Perl] Expect.pm local passwd change


I'm trying to change a local user password (UID:500) as root but it doesn't change the password. Here's the script

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

use Expect;

# my $user = shift;
# my $password = shift;
my $user = "me";
my $password = "443rfgt";
print "Running 'passwd ${user}'\n";
my $exp = Expect->spawn("passwd ${user}") or die "Can't run 'passwd ${user}'\n";
$exp->expect(500,
              [qr'New UNIX password: $',
               sub {
                 my $fh = shift;
                 $fh->send("${password}\n");
                 print "sent '${password}'\n";
                 exp_continue;
               }
              ],
              [qr'Retype new UNIX password: $',
               sub {
                 my $fh = shift;
                 $fh->send("${password}\n");
                print "sent '${password}'\n";
               }
              ]);
Here's the output -

Quote:
Running 'passwd me'
Changing password for user me.
New UNIX password: sent '443rfgt'

Retype new UNIX password: sent '443rfgt'
 
Old 02-15-2007, 07:39 AM   #2
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can i suggest you don't need to use expect chpasswd can accept passsword directly from command line
 
Old 02-16-2007, 06:45 AM   #3
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This is one way for me to learn Perl. I'm aware of NIST's expect. So, any help in this regard would be appreciated
 
Old 02-16-2007, 07:30 AM   #4
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Expect is wonderful. I've not used it with Perl though (used TCL/Expect). Is this in a telnet session, or running directly on the machine?
 
  


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