[xen-tools] Re: password used by script

[Steve Kemp]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 01:41:02AM +0200, Gal Buki wrote:

> I'm looking for a way to generate the domUs automatically.
> Is it possible to set a passwort with --passwd=mypassword?

  This is now possible, via a role-script.  Checkout the latest
 CVS and run:

    xen-create-image --.....  --role=passwd --role-args=somepassword

  It will then setup the root password of the new image to be the
 specified one.  This is a cheap hack which relies upon you having
 the Perl expect module present ("apt-get install libexpect-perl")
 and suffers from three problems:

    1.  The password is visible in the "ps" listing.

    2.  The password is saved in plaintext in /var/log/xen-tools/*.log

    3.  You can only run one role at a time ..

  Still as proof of concept it works, and it seems neat to me to
 keep this code external to the main script.

Steve
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