Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:22:08 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Fern <bloodyveins@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing user password from command line Message-ID: <20060802235208.GS48182@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <58ebaa710608020248r1cfb7915t4caa0f6fcdbecb84@mail.gmail.com> References: <58ebaa710608020248r1cfb7915t4caa0f6fcdbecb84@mail.gmail.com>
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--bGopQmzlzQgFk3Fg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wednesday, 2 August 2006 at 16:48:48 +0700, Mike Fern wrote: > Dear all, > Does anybody know a program which is able to change user password from > command line? Of course. I thought it was the only way. $ man -k password passwd(1), yppasswd(1) - modify a user's password =46rom that man page: HISTORY A passwd command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. By comparison, pw(8) is a newcomer. In fact, the passwd command was in the Third Edition of Research UNIX, back in 1973. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --bGopQmzlzQgFk3Fg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE0TqoIubykFB6QiMRAgiEAJ9Rk24C1fu4rkc0raR+f08YEAGkcwCgpLjq v2c7p4Ca1W5TubDuVTn1ljs= =4W6p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bGopQmzlzQgFk3Fg--
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