Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:15:38 +0100 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: non-interactive password Message-ID: <4091FD1A.3000203@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <40915E84.9040106@potentialtech.com> References: <20040424232033.GA53918@keyslapper.org> <20040424184957.I57098@sotec.home> <20040429193544.GH419@keyslapper.org> <40915E84.9040106@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > Louis LeBlanc wrote: > >> On 04/24/04 06:52 PM, Mikko Työläjärvi sat at the `puter and typed: >> >>> On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Louis LeBlanc wrote: >>> >>>> Hey everyone. I'm trying to recreate a password script that sets >>>> passwords (as root on the local system only). The trick is that it >>>> must change the password non-interactively. I had this working, but >>>> when the system was trashed, the script was lost. >>>> >>>> Can someone refresh my memory on the command format? >>> >>> >>> echo "$password" | pw usermod "$user" -h0 >>> >>> Might do the trick. >> >> >> 'fraid not. It fails quietly, but it fails. >> >> Thanks anyway. > > > The man page for pw says that pw needs a file descriptor to set the > password via -h I have a similar script that modifies passwords like this, where $3 is the password and $1 is the username: echo "$3" | pw usermod $1 -h 0 PWR.
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