[olug] password change one liner shell script

[Brian Roberson]

echo user:passwd | chpasswd


man 5 chpasswd





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek & Lisa" <lug at robotz.com>
To: <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 11:40 AM
Subject: [olug] password change one liner shell script


> 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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