On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 07:56:05 +0000 (GMT) Glynn Clements wrote: > > > I want to be able to change a user's password from a C program... > > Doing it from a Bash shell would also be o.k. > > > > Problem: > > I don't want to write the WHOLE thing in C, using crypt command > > and parsing the passwd file, looking for new GID & UID, > > i 'm hoping there is a simple solution - i tried the following: > > > > passwd username | echo -e "newpassword\newpassword" > > > > something like this would be perfect.... > > just anyway to set a password with a single non-interactive command! > > The passwd command from util-linux allows the password to be specified > on the command line; however, this is risky, as it will show up in the > output of `ps'. > > You can either use expect to script an interactive session, or you can > get the util-linux source and modify passwd to read the password from > stdin (it currently reads it directly from the controlling tty). I think it is posible to use a pseudo-tty within a program or script (perl) so that passwd thinks it is talking to a warm body instead of some hot bits (aka program). I haven't done it myself, but I was looking at pseudo-ttys to solve a similiar problem on another platform. regards, David -- David Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] Toad Technologies "I'll be good! I will, I will !"
