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Date:      Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:14:07 -0800
From:      Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Resetting user password in cron
Message-ID:  <200907161714.07910.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
In-Reply-To: <4A5FC857.7020005@webrz.net>
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On Thursday 16 July 2009 16:39:51 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
> password, which I would not like to do in a cron job. Thanks/

Take a look at pw(8), specifically usermod command, -h and -H option.
-- 
Mel



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