On 9/13/07, mac borje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi everyone,
>
> Iam try to automate changing password on a curtain user on a ubuntu box coz
> passwd is a interactive program that will ask a password then ask again to
> retype. it is very helpful if some will tell me how to issue a single
> command to change password that will replaces the entry on the /etc/shadow
> coz i have a program the will grep that and inject on pearl script to have a
> deployment program for new password on the offline box.


you can also use expect.  man expect


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