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* LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI
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On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 12:02:19PM +0530, Amish Munshi wrote:
> Is there a way to change passwords using a program or a script?
> I want to set a password for an account, using PHP script, but I
> do not mind going through the entire process of sudo, a c
> program, a shell script, etc. Absolutely anyway that can change
> a password from a script.
Assuming you have taken care of all the privileges, you can call
usermod with the "-p password" option. From the manpage:
-p passwd
The encrypted password, as returned by crypt(3).
HTH,
Sameer.
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