[olug] password change one liner shell script
Kenton Brede
xyf at nixnotes.org
Fri Sep 5 16:54:07 UTC 2003
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 11:40:25AM -0500, Derek & Lisa wrote:
> I want to set a user password all in one line, not by interactive prompt.
> (bash shell script)
>
> passwd username | sleep 1s && echo $passwordvariable | echo $passwordvariable
>
> Something like that, but that actually works and enters the password twice.
>
> any ideas?
>
expect could be used for this.
http://expect.nist.gov/
Kent
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