[SOLVED] Autoreset pureftp password with expect script, no error but not working.

angel115 · 01-16-2012, 02:04 AM

Hello There,

I'm trying to write a script to reset every night the password of a specific pureFTP user.
To do so, I'm using expect:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/expect
set user [lindex $argv 0]
set pass [lindex $argv 1]

spawn pure-pw passwd $user -m
expect "Password:"
send -- "$pass\n"
expect "Enter it again:"
send -- "$pass\n"

spawn pure-pw mkdb

So when I type ./reset_password user password the script run well but the password is not reset. If I type these command manually it works fine.

Any idea of what can be the issue?

Best regards,
Angel.

angel115 · 01-17-2012, 01:16 AM

Anyone?

ntubski · 01-19-2012, 02:28 PM

Code:

set user [lindex $argv 0]
set pass [lindex $argv 1]

I'm not familiar with expect, but I would guess that argv[0] is the script name, and the first argument is at argv[1], so:

Code:

set user [lindex $argv 1]
set pass [lindex $argv 2]

angel115 · 01-20-2012, 08:50 AM

Well, no, as the variable are correctly interpreted.
as the command

Code:

spawn pure-pw passwd $user -m

show me the user name that I've send to the script.
Thank you for your help.

Any other idea?

angel115 · 02-28-2012, 02:58 AM

Solved here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ssword-926663/