Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:06:08 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Resetting user password in cron Message-ID: <4ad871310907161806r1d0c2717idbcbffb257710063@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A5FC857.7020005@webrz.net> References: <4A5FC857.7020005@webrz.net>
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Jos Chrispijn<jos@webrz.net> wrote: > Can someone tell me how I can reset a user's password best in a cron job? > If I do a password change from the prompt, I now have to re-enter the > password, which I would not like to do in a cron job. Thanks/ > Hi, Jos You can use chpass(1) in root's crontab: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=chpass&sektion=1 -- Glen Barber
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