Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:56:40 -0500 From: "Charles Howse" <chowse@charter.net> To: "'David Banning'" <david+dated+1062438732.fcbda4@skytracker.ca>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: how to reset password with nologin shell? Message-ID: <006601c36cc4$91fe2e50$04fea8c0@moe> In-Reply-To: <20030827175210.GA30966@skytrackercanada.com>
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> If I have a user that has a nologin shell and they forget > thier password, is there a way to give them a new password? > > Right now I am resetting their password to nil, then > giving them a shell like /bin/sh, logging in on their behalf, > setting up a password, and then changing their shell back > to /bin/nologin. > > I would like to elliminate the noshell to shell and then > back to noshell part. # passwd <username>
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