Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 14:15:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: david+dated+1062438732.fcbda4@skytracker.ca (David Banning) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to reset password with nologin shell? Message-ID: <200308271815.h7RIFAvP017876@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030827175210.GA30966@skytrackercanada.com> from "David Banning" at Aug 27, 2003 01:52:10 PM
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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. If you have root - you must have, just type 'passwd USERID' Substitute the real user name for USERID and don't use the quotes. Root can set password for any user - but make sure you put a username because if you don't, you will set root's password. ////jerry
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