On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 02:36:25PM -0600, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
> The trouble is that none of the utilities (that I know of) allow you to
> specify the
> password on the command line. Perhaps you can do it with pipes, like the
> following.
This program is included in the passwd package on every Debian system:
CHPASSWD(8) CHPASSWD(8)
NAME
chpasswd - update password file in batch
SYNOPSIS
chpasswd [-e]
DESCRIPTION
chpasswd reads a file of user name and password pairs from
standard input and uses this information to update a group
of existing users. Without the -e switch, the passwords
are expected to be cleartext. With the -e switch, the
passwords are expected to be in encrypted form. Each line
is of the format
user_name:password
The named user must exist. The supplied password will be
encrypted as necessary, and the password age updated, if
present.
This command is intended to be used in a large system
environment where many accounts are created at a single
time.
CAVEATS
The input file must be protected if it contains unen-
crypted passwords.
SEE ALSO
passwd(1), useradd(8), newusers(8)
AUTHOR
Julianne Frances Haugh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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