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Date:      Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:17:56 -0600
From:      Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Resetting user password in cron
Message-ID:  <ade45ae90907161917m679bf1f6tcc579047f6de0797@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4A5FC857.7020005@webrz.net>
References:  <4A5FC857.7020005@webrz.net>

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On 7/16/09, 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/
>
> Jos Chrispijn


yes newpasswd | passwd username

:)

not tried it myself.



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