From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 17 01:14:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38BBA1065670 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:14:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B9B78FC12 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:14:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C5957E818 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:14:09 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:14:07 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-BETA1; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <4A5FC857.7020005@webrz.net> In-Reply-To: <4A5FC857.7020005@webrz.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200907161714.07910.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Subject: Re: Resetting user password in cron X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:14:10 -0000 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