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At 11:48 PM 2/15/97 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
>Why don't we have an option for /usr/bin/passwd to input a precoded
>password ?

Hmm, I thought that's what we use chpass for ... :-)
It is willing to take a command-line encrypted password for
the argument.  I'm using it on a www password change routine.