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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Daniel Folkinshteyn <dfolkins@net72-105.student.yale.edu>
Cc: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz>,
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Subject: Re: noninteractive password change
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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Daniel Folkinshteyn wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Daniel Folkinshteyn wrote:
> > 
> > > hey.
> > > i want to change the password of a user noninteractively through a script
> > > run by crontab at regular intervals.
> > > is that possible?  what program(s) would i use for that?
> > 
> > pw(8) is what you want.
>
> this is a quote from 'man 8 pw', for the option 'pw usermod -h fd':
> 
> This option provides a special interface by which interactive scripts can
> set an account password using pw.  
> 
> note _interactive_.  i need it to be automatic, with absolutely no user
> input?  or am i just not getting something here?

Yes, you're not even trying his suggestion, try it.

thanks,
-Alfred




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