Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:04:01 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> Cc: Simon Phoenix <phoenix.lists@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing user password from command line Message-ID: <44D13D71.2070205@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <20060802235432.GT48182@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <58ebaa710608020248r1cfb7915t4caa0f6fcdbecb84@mail.gmail.com> <200608021553.19086.phoenix.lists@gmail.com> <20060802235432.GT48182@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 2 August 2006 at 15:53:07 +0300, Simon Phoenix wrote: >> On Wednesday 02 August 2006 12:48, Mike Fern wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> Does anybody know a program which is able to change user password from >>> command line? >>> We can add a user using single line pw (pw useradd), but i need >>> ability to set the password also, instead of old command "passwd user" >>> and then writing to stdin. >> man pw >> >> Look for -h option description. > > The advantage of using passwd(1) is that it is available on all > UNIX-like systems (pw(8) isn't), and that it's easier to use. pw's ability to alter password files in directories other than /etc comes in handy sometimes. Unless there's an undocumented way to do this with passwd. - Micah
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