Re: Shell Script on Debian
Owh, another thing... make sure you've installed 'expect'
# apt-get install expect
Good Luck!!
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:50 PM, ApOgEE <jerungkun@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> There is another way... Here's my way to do it:
> copy and paste this command:
>
> $ cat > chpass << EOF
> #!/bin/sh
> # \\
> exec expect -f "\$0" \${1+"\$@"}
> set password [lindex \$argv 1]
> spawn passwd [lindex \$argv 0]
> sleep 1
> expect "assword:"
> send "\$password\r"
> expect "assword:"
> send "\$password\r"
> expect eof
> EOF
>
>
> Then issue this command:
> $ chmod +x chpass
>
>
> to test it, just try this command:
> $ ./chpass <username> <newpassword>
>
> for example:
> root@mydebian:root# /root/chpass root mynewrootpass
> spawn passwd root
> Enter new UNIX password:
> Retype new UNIX password:
> passwd: password updated successfully
> root@mydebian:root#
>
> Good Luck!!
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Phuong Phan Thi Bach
> <ptbphuong@selab.hcmuns.edu.vn> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> The "passwd" command expects to read the new password only from the
>> console, How to it read the new password only from a file. I create a file
>> (Ex: test file )
>>
>> test file
>> 123456
>> 123456
>> After, I use: "passwd < test" (shell on Debian is sh)
>> But it always error: "Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password:
>> Sorry, passwords do not match"
>> Please, could you help me.
>> Best regards,
>> Phuong
>>
>
>
>
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>
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