>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Tim>        perl -npi.bak -e 's/^root:[^:]*:/root:pants/o'
    Tim> /etc/shadow

Just a nitpick for the very security paranoid (ie myself!):

The encrypted password will show up in the ps listing...

Out of curiosity: Is there anyway to avoid this?
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Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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