> -----Original Message----- > From: Rene Cunningham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 23 January 2004 4:09 PM > To: Tom White > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Web based password changer > > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:31:45PM -0500, Tom White wrote: > > 1 - the debian passwd utility does not have the --stdin > option, so I'm not quite sure how to set it up > > use something like > > (sleep 1; echo $oldpasswd; sleep 1; echo $newpasswd; sleep 1; > echo $newpasswd) | passwd $user >
how about: echo $user:$newpasswd | chpasswd
