x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I can't seem to find it in the passwd man page and I know this is possible
> (at least in HP-UX), but I've previously been able to set a one-time
> password for new users (or if they'd forgotten their passwd) where upon
> logging in, they'd be prompted to create a new password.
>
> That's kind of a thick sentence, but in other words, say user 'foo' needed
> to get her passwd reset. �As the sys admin, I do a one-time passwd change
> for the 'foo' user to 'bar'. �Upon logging back in and entering her new
> 'bar' password, the 'foo' user is now prompted to change her password. �She
> cannot go further until she enters a new valid password the system likes.
> Does this make sense?
>
> Anyway, I'd really appreciate any info on this because I know it's possible
> (at least in HP-UX so I'm presuming it's possible in linux), but for the
> life of me, I can't find out how.
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If I'm not mistaken, Charlie, root can change anyone's password w/o using
the original password. So...., just change it, tell her, and allow her to change
that to whatever she'd like.
HTH,
Mike
--
"Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and
dreadful idolatry took place there."
--Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century
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