On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 12:01:24PM +0800, Mike Holland wrote:

> > When run as root, and given a username, `passwd' asks for the new
> > password twice.
> 
> Not necessarily. Use the --stdin option, e.g.:

Not supported by my nearly three-year old version of passwd.

> Boy - thats doing things the hard way.

There's always more than one way to do it :-)  I wasn't trying to find
the best way, just something that'd work and solve Simon's immediate
problem.


Cheers,

John
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