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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’d like to expand the use of telnet into JNOS. But that’s just not going to happen with the current password management paradigm of editing a text file on each machine every time I need to add a user or change someone’s password. Managing new users over multiple machines is reason enough to make this a non-starter for me. But changing passwords and responding to forgotten password queries over multiple machines is liable to be an even bigger problem.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone thought about how JNOS might be coupled with other linux services such as RADIUS so that:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- user logins could be created in one place for multiple machines<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- users could update their own passwords and that update would apply to multiple machines<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- A “Forgotten password” reset function would be available to all, instead of having to go to the sysop each time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- The overall solution is not so complicated that it’s harder to manage than JNOS itself.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If so, what does a practical solution look like?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michael<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>N6MEF<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>