Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:24:32 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Simon Phoenix <phoenix.lists@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing user password from command line Message-ID: <20060802235432.GT48182@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200608021553.19086.phoenix.lists@gmail.com> References: <58ebaa710608020248r1cfb7915t4caa0f6fcdbecb84@mail.gmail.com> <200608021553.19086.phoenix.lists@gmail.com>
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--HqPpMaT+a6TeY/Q4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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. 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. --HqPpMaT+a6TeY/Q4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE0Ts4IubykFB6QiMRAlnfAJ9wM/fmi5Y2cs0tRJag7w1AOebsHgCeML2c qk8EjiD7t4A45iJFdYp74F0= =RmS6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HqPpMaT+a6TeY/Q4--
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