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From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@MooseRiver.com>
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Subject: Re: Resetting user password in cron
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 02:39:51AM +0200, Jos Chrispijn 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=20
> password, which I would not like to do in a cron job. Thanks/
>=20
> Jos Chrispijn


man pw
man chpass


Josef

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