#!/usr/bin/perl -w unless(defined ($pw = shift)) { print STDERR "\nusage: setpasswd \n"; print STDERR "this sets both the system and website paswords\n\n"; exit 1; } $pw2 = $pw; $pw2 =~ s/'/'\\''/g; system "{ echo '$pw2'; sleep 1; echo '$pw2'; } | passwd > /dev/null\n"; @web = `cat /etc/httpd.conf`; open(FILE, ">/etc/httpd.conf") or die; foreach(@web) { s/^(.*:root:)(.*)$/$1$pw/; print FILE $_; } close(FILE); print STDERR "passwords changed.\n";