[olug] password change one liner shell script
Derek & Lisa
lug at robotz.com
Mon Sep 8 18:41:06 UTC 2003
exactly what i was looking for Nick, thank you
On Friday 05 September 2003 11:37 am, you wrote:
> echo $passwordvariable | passwd --stdin username
>
> ^ That ought to do it. It does on my RH9 system anyway :)
>
> Nick Walter
>
> On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 11:40, 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?
> >
> > ty
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