{"id":87,"date":"2025-02-01T22:34:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2008\/11\/24\/a-script-to-find-all-users-who-have-not-set-passwords\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T22:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:39:28","slug":"a-script-to-find-all-users-who-have-not-set-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/a-script-to-find-all-users-who-have-not-set-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby and Perl Script to find all Perforce users who have not set passwords"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These scripts will:
\u2705 Connect to the Perforce server<\/strong>
\u2705 Retrieve a list of users<\/strong>
\u2705 Identify users without passwords<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Prerequisites<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before running the scripts, ensure:
\u2714 Perforce CLI (p4<\/code>)<\/strong> is installed and accessible in PATH<\/code>
\u2714 You have Perforce admin privileges<\/strong> (needed to check user settings)
\u2714 You can run p4 users<\/code> and p4 -ztag users<\/code> successfully<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Ruby Script: Find Perforce Users Without Passwords<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
#!\/usr\/bin\/env ruby<\/span>\n\n# Define Perforce server details<\/span>\nP4PORT = \"perforce.company.com:1666\"<\/span>\nP4USER = \"admin_user\"<\/span>\n\n# Fetch list of users with details<\/span>\nusers_output = `p4 -p #{P4PORT} -u #{P4USER} -ztag users`<\/span>\n\n# Parse the output and extract users without passwords<\/span>\nusers_without_passwords = []\n\nusers_output.split(\"\\n\\n\"<\/span>).each do<\/span> |entry|\n  user = entry.match(\/^... user (\\S+)\/)&.captures&.first\n  auth_method = entry.match(\/^... AuthMethod (\\S+)\/)&.captures&.first || \"perforce\"<\/span>\n\n  # If 'AuthMethod' is missing or 'perforce', the user may not have a password set<\/span>\n  users_without_passwords << user if<\/span> auth_method == \"perforce\"<\/span>\nend\n\n# Print results<\/span>\nputs \"Perforce Users Without Passwords:\"<\/span>\nif<\/span> users_without_passwords.empty<\/span>?\n  puts \"All users have passwords set.\"<\/span>\nelse<\/span>\n  users_without_passwords.each { |user| puts user }\nend\n<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
How to Run the Ruby Script<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1\ufe0f\u20e3 Save the script as find_p4_users_without_passwords.rb<\/code><\/strong>
2\ufe0f\u20e3 Replace \"perforce.company.com:1666\"<\/code> and \"admin_user\"<\/code> with actual Perforce server details<\/strong>
3\ufe0f\u20e3 Open a terminal and run:<\/p>\n\n\n
ruby<\/span> find_p4_users_without_passwords<\/span>.rb<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> CSS<\/span> (<\/span>css<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
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3. Perl Script: Find Perforce Users Without Passwords<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
#!\/usr\/bin\/perl<\/span>\nuse<\/span> strict<\/span>;\nuse<\/span> warnings<\/span>;\n\n# Define Perforce server details<\/span>\nmy $P4PORT = \"perforce.company.com:1666\"<\/span>;\nmy $P4USER = \"admin_user\"<\/span>;\n\n# Run 'p4 -ztag users' command and capture output<\/span>\nmy @users_output = `p4 -p $P4PORT -u $P4USER -ztag users`;\n\n# Parse output and extract users without passwords<\/span>\nmy @users_without_passwords;\nmy $current_user;\nmy $auth_method = \"perforce\"<\/span>;  # Default authentication method<\/span>\n\nforeach<\/span> my $line (@users_output) {\n    if<\/span> ($line =~ \/^\\.\\.\\. user (\\S+)\/) {\n        $current_user = $1<\/span>;\n        $auth_method = \"perforce\"<\/span>;  # Reset to default for new user<\/span>\n    }\n    elsif ($line =~ \/^\\.\\.\\. AuthMethod (\\S+)\/) {\n        $auth_method = $1<\/span>;\n    }\n\n    # If no AuthMethod or \"perforce\", assume no password is set<\/span>\n    if<\/span> ($auth_method eq \"perforce\"<\/span> && defined $current_user) {\n        push @users_without_passwords, $current_user;\n        $current_user = undef;  # Reset for the next user<\/span>\n    }\n}\n\n# Print results<\/span>\nprint<\/span> \"Perforce Users Without Passwords:\\n\"<\/span>;\nif<\/span> (@users_without_passwords) {\n    print<\/span> join(\"\\n\"<\/span>, @users_without_passwords), \"\\n\"<\/span>;\n} else<\/span> {\n    print<\/span> \"All users have passwords set.\\n\"<\/span>;\n}\n<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
How to Run the Perl Script<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1\ufe0f\u20e3 Save the script as find_p4_users_without_passwords.pl<\/code><\/strong>
2\ufe0f\u20e3 Replace \"perforce.company.com:1666\"<\/code> and \"admin_user\"<\/code> with actual Perforce server details<\/strong>
3\ufe0f\u20e3 Open a terminal and run:<\/p>\n\n\n
perl<\/span> find_p4_users_without_passwords<\/span>.pl<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> CSS<\/span> (<\/span>css<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
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4. Explanation<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
\u2714 p4 -ztag users<\/code><\/strong> retrieves all Perforce users with authentication details<\/strong>
\u2714 The script extracts the AuthMethod<\/strong> field for each user:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • If AuthMethod is missing<\/strong> or set to perforce<\/code><\/strong>, the user likely has no password<\/strong>
    \u2714 The list of users without passwords is displayed<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    5. Conclusion<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
    These scripts help Perforce administrators<\/strong> identify users who have not set passwords<\/strong>, improving security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Would you like enhancements like exporting results to a file<\/strong> or automating password resets<\/strong>? Let me know! \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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