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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!matt.ksu.ksu.edu!news
  2. From: holland@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Rich Holland)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
  4. Subject: passwd
  5. Date: 8 Jan 1993 10:49:33 -0600
  6. Organization: Kansas State University
  7. Lines: 10
  8. Message-ID: <1ikbatINNgl8@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
  9. NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu
  10.  
  11. Does anyone know how to make passwd behave non-interactively?  We've tried
  12. (echo newpass ; echo newpass ) | passwd, but it wants the passwords to be
  13. typed in from the keyboard.  I need to do this in a script, to set up new
  14. account passwords...
  15.  
  16. -- 
  17. Rich Holland              | INTERNET: holland@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
  18. 100 Jardine Terr., Apt A7 | BITNET  : holland@ksuvm
  19. Manhattan, KS  66502-3357 | UUCP    : ...!rutgers!matt.ksu.ksu.edu!holland
  20. char*p="char*p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}
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