On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 12:14, Hoehn, Jacob wrote: > Is there a way to automate the passwd command in a similar fashion as > allowed by Red Hat's version of passwd? [...] > If anybody has a suggestion for a good account automation program or > can tell me how to automate passwd, I would greatly appreciate it. the typical way to automate a program like that is to use a "here document" http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/here-docs.html -- Mark Roach