If you have to change the password for a user, and you have a need to script this, for example if you have the password for multiple users, or on several different servers, then here's an easy way to change the password for a user, without having to type the password on the command line prompt:
# echo "user:password" | chpasswd
TOPICS: AIX, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION↑
Sendmail tips
To find out if sendmail is running:
# ps -ef | grep sendmail
To stop and restart sendmail:
# stopsrc -s sendmail
# startsrc -s sendmail -a "-bd -q30m"
Or:
# refresh -s sendmail
Use the -v flag on the mail command for "verbose" output. This is especially useful if you can't deliver mail, but also don't get any errors. E.g.:
# cat /etc/motd |mailx -v -s"test" email@address.com
To get sendmail to work on a system without DNS, create and/or edit /etc/netsvc.conf. It should contain 1 line only:
hosts=local
If you see the following error in the error report when starting sendmail:
DETECTING MODULE
'srchevn.c'@line:'355'
FAILING MODULE
sendmail
Then verify that your /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file is correct, and/or try starting the sendmail daemon as follows (instead of just running "startsrc -s sendmail"):
# startsrc -s sendmail -a "-bd -q30m"
