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 :) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
