Set the console user password policy on a linux server

set_password_policy.sh

#!/bin/sh

# The location of the iem tool
IEM=/opt/BESServer/bin/iem

# The password regex
REGEX="A+B+"

# The password description
DESCRIPTION="Your password needs some As then some Bs"

# Create the file that we're going to post to /api/admin/fields
cat > post_file << OHANA_MEANS_FAMILY
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<BESAPI xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="BESAPI.xsd">
	<AdminField Resource="http://localhost:52311/api/admin/field/passwordComplexityRegex">
		<Name>passwordComplexityRegex</Name>
		<Value>$REGEX</Value>
	</AdminField>
	<AdminField Resource="http://localhost:52311/api/admin/field/passwordComplexityDescription">
		<Name>passwordComplexityDescription</Name>
		<Value>$DESCRIPTION</Value>
	</AdminField>
</BESAPI>
OHANA_MEANS_FAMILY

# Login to the server
$IEM login

# Post it to the server
$IEM POST post_file admin/fields

# Clean up
rm -f post_file