i use the command "passwd" ,how to redirect input to a file?

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09-19-2008, 04:50 AM	#1
hillpigLQ LQ Newbie Registered: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 Rep:	i use the command "passwd" ,how to redirect input to a file? i use the command "passwd" ,how to redirect input to a file?

09-19-2008, 12:31 PM	#2
theNbomr LQ 5k Club Registered: Aug 2005 Distribution: OpenSuse, Fedora, Redhat, Debian Posts: 5,399 Blog Entries: 2 Rep:	For security reasons, the password command does not use standard IO to read user entry, so cannot be redirected from a file. --- rod.

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