>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Haynes <piglet@glutinous.custard.org> writes: Tim> perl -npi.bak -e 's/^root:[^:]*:/root:pants/o' Tim> /etc/shadow Just a nitpick for the very security paranoid (ie myself!): The encrypted password will show up in the ps listing... Out of curiosity: Is there anyway to avoid this? -- Brian May <bam@debian.org>