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Dorinda_Diotte_'s avatar
Dorinda_Diotte_
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Jul 09, 2008

User password changing methods?

We currently have user accounts created solely on the Firepass. Manually changing the passwords after a certain time period (every 3 months) is becoming quite the chore.

 

 

Is there a script that can be run or another method that can be used to simplify this process?

 

 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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  • mal_57091's avatar
    mal_57091
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    Jul 11, 2008
    Hi,

     

     

    I use cURL scripts to this kind of stuff. Basically, anything where i need to drive the FirePass via the AdminUI in a 'bulk' fashion sits squarely on the shoulders of cURL scripts. It's pretty easy and you can do some awesome stuff with it. What best, when your done, upload it back to DevCentral for the rest of the community ;-)

     

     

    On a side note, I really try to avoid local user accounts for just this reason. I know it's not real helpful now but pushing the user info back to a directory like RADIUS or LDAP (or if you must - AD ;-) ) really helps incredibly with user management.

     

     

    Hope this helps you out!

     

     

    Cheers,

     

    Mal
  • Dorinda_Diotte_'s avatar
    Dorinda_Diotte_
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    Jul 11, 2008
    Mal,

     

     

    Thanks for the reply! We are looking at changing to either RADIUS or LDAP (eventually). But in the meantime I thought there might be some non-manual way of doing this.

     

     

    I'll take a look into cURL scripts to see what I can make up. Sounds like the way to go.

     

     

    --DD