[xen-tools] Re: password used by script

[Gal Buki]

Hi Steve

Thanks for the Update!

Steve Kemp wrote:
> 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