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puppet execution of a python script where os.system(...) command is not working

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http://serverfault.com – I am trying to manage Unix users with puppet. Puppet provides enough tools to create accounts and provide authorized_keys files for instance, but no to set up user password, and it tell to the user. What I have done is a python script which generate a random password and send it to the user by email. The problem is, it is not possible to launch passwd Unix command with python, I have then written a bash script with the command: echo -ne "$password\n$password\n" | passwd $user passwd -e $user Launched manually, the script works fine and the created user has its password sent by email. But (HowTos)

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Submitted by taskli on 09/09/2012

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After run my script, i am giving my password as input to script.

First script validates if my given password is correct and then script should start remaining process

In my script.

echo -n "Enter Password: " stty -echo read passwd stty echo

#Here i want to evaluate $passwd having corresponding user's system password or not

# <Then some process start>

I am user xyz on redhat linux VM abc.

I cannot change password.

abc:/home/xyz>passwd Changing password for user xyz. Changing password for xyz (current) UNIX password: Password changes on the command line are not supported.

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Hello,

I have a python script (not created by me), let's call it myscript, which I call with several parameters. If I don't provide the --password parameter, the script will ask the user to input the password. So I run the script like this:

Code: /wherever/myscript --username=whoever /some/other/path/parameter That makes it ask for a password and wait for user input.

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I created a script wherein it will change password of a user

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Hi All,

I am working on a Solaris 10 machine and now working with a user creation script.

Hi Dears,

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