Re: passwd

[Nathan E Norman <finn@midco.net>]

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Jorge Kinoshita wrote:

: Hello,
:     I would like to add many users and build a script to it. I have one
: problem with passwords. I would like that the users could alter their
: passwords by the web interface, so I have to write a script for it. My
: problem is: how can I set the password for some user using a simple
: command? Every program I see requires some kind of interactivity that it
: is no good for a script.
:     Thank you for any help.
:     Jorge Kinoshita.

As someone (forgot who!  Sorry :/ ) pointed out to me, the `chpasswd'
command is useful when used in a script.  It accepts username/password
pairs on standard input.  The password can be encrypted or unencrypted,
your choice.  It's part of the base install, and pretty darn useful :)

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