Thanks for your help. In the end, I used mkpasswd (as included with
expect) to do this. It was only after the whole thing was up and running
that I found out about chpasswd.
I was thinking that since quite a number of people I know start
using Linux/Debian at home, and then "fertilize" their work environment, we
tend to find these problems. This could be a great question to put in FAQ.
Again, thanks for your help,
Jose
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Jose L Gomez Dans PhD student
Radar & Communications Group
Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Sheffield UK
