http://kevininscoe.com/pub/scripts/password_management/setrootpass/readme.txt

These scripts were written to batch change the root passwords for a list of servers. 

A sample hosttab is included. 

Place the scripts in /usr/local/admin sans the .txt extension.

Place the hosttab file in /usr/local/etc.

Edit the hosttab with the correct info and save. Protect this file since it contains
passwords! chmod 700 and chown to the the low level account running the script at the 
very least. I recommend that once the script is run blank out the passwords until the 
next run.

Run the script from a low level account that exists on ALL the machines (I use my
monitoring account for this). A future version may allow a specified low level account
to use on the remote system.

$ csh setrootpass.sh

Log output from the Expect scripts will be written to setrootpass.log in the default directory.

Each run erases the previous log so make sure backup each copy before a run!

That's about it. Enjoy!

Kevin Inscoe (kevin at inscoe dot org) - August 26, 2004