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==lat-shadow==
The lazy administrator's tool to transfer crypted password from a box to another
===DESCRIPTION===
Transfer an user encrypted password fom one SME box shadow file to
another box shadow file on SME servers (7.x/8.x). This tool is
functionally equivalent some python script that allow this kind of
manipulation. This could be used when the adminsitrator do not know the
plain apssword of its users and want to migrate a SME box. It can be run
from the command line or called from an other script. It allows you, for
example, to tranfert all your users password after creating them with
lat-users and dump files obtains from the older box.
See /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools/example.shadow for the format of the input file.
===Smecontribs repository for SME Server===
yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs smeserver-lazy_admin_tools
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
===SYNOPSIS===
lat-shadow -a -c "username | encryptedPassword"
lat-shadow -a [-f] -i /path/to/password.list
===OPTIONS===
The following options are supported:
-a, --add
Add the encrypted passwords for user account to the server.
-c "Arguments", --command-line="Arguments"
Take arguments from the command line. See the 'Arguments' section
below for the various arguments that are accepted.
-f, --force
Force update if password is not empty in the shadow file on the SME
box
-h, --help
Extended help for this tool
-i=FILE, --input-file=FILE
Use the information from FILE to create or delete the user accounts.
See /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools for an example of an input file.
Arguments:
user* - Must contain only lower-case letters, numbers,
hyphens, periods and underscores, and should start
with a lower-case letter. Wildcards (* and ?) can
only be used to delete users.
password* - Encrypted Password for the user from the /etc/shadow file
* mandatory field
===EXAMPLES===
lat-shadow -a -c "harry | fdasf57ertg73sdf"
Update empty password field in /etc/shadow for user 'harry' from the
command line, with password entered.
lat-shadow -a -i /root/shadow.list
Uses the arguments specified in /root/shadow.list to update user shadow
encrypted password. Please refer to
/usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools/example.shadow for an example of an input file.
=== Bugs ===
Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in [http://bugs.contribs.org/enter_bug.cgi bugzilla]
and select the e-smith-lazy_admin_tools component or use {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Contribs|component=e-smith-lazy_admin_tools|title=this link}}.
[[Category:Howto]] [[Category:Administration]]
The lazy administrator's tool to transfer crypted password from a box to another
===DESCRIPTION===
Transfer an user encrypted password fom one SME box shadow file to
another box shadow file on SME servers (7.x/8.x). This tool is
functionally equivalent some python script that allow this kind of
manipulation. This could be used when the adminsitrator do not know the
plain apssword of its users and want to migrate a SME box. It can be run
from the command line or called from an other script. It allows you, for
example, to tranfert all your users password after creating them with
lat-users and dump files obtains from the older box.
See /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools/example.shadow for the format of the input file.
===Smecontribs repository for SME Server===
yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs smeserver-lazy_admin_tools
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
===SYNOPSIS===
lat-shadow -a -c "username | encryptedPassword"
lat-shadow -a [-f] -i /path/to/password.list
===OPTIONS===
The following options are supported:
-a, --add
Add the encrypted passwords for user account to the server.
-c "Arguments", --command-line="Arguments"
Take arguments from the command line. See the 'Arguments' section
below for the various arguments that are accepted.
-f, --force
Force update if password is not empty in the shadow file on the SME
box
-h, --help
Extended help for this tool
-i=FILE, --input-file=FILE
Use the information from FILE to create or delete the user accounts.
See /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools for an example of an input file.
Arguments:
user* - Must contain only lower-case letters, numbers,
hyphens, periods and underscores, and should start
with a lower-case letter. Wildcards (* and ?) can
only be used to delete users.
password* - Encrypted Password for the user from the /etc/shadow file
* mandatory field
===EXAMPLES===
lat-shadow -a -c "harry | fdasf57ertg73sdf"
Update empty password field in /etc/shadow for user 'harry' from the
command line, with password entered.
lat-shadow -a -i /root/shadow.list
Uses the arguments specified in /root/shadow.list to update user shadow
encrypted password. Please refer to
/usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools/example.shadow for an example of an input file.
=== Bugs ===
Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in [http://bugs.contribs.org/enter_bug.cgi bugzilla]
and select the e-smith-lazy_admin_tools component or use {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Contribs|component=e-smith-lazy_admin_tools|title=this link}}.
[[Category:Howto]] [[Category:Administration]]