chpasswd from a command line (without a text file)

mpgram · 04-18-2004, 04:02 PM

I am trying to figure out how to use the command chpasswd. I need to use it without an external file. For instance,

chpasswd username newpassword

I cannot pull the information from another file, and I will not have access to the old password at the time.

Thanks in advance,

souljah · 04-18-2004, 05:44 PM

quote from 'man chpasswd'

DESCRIPTION
chpasswd reads a file of user name and password pairs from standard
input and uses this information to update a group of existing users.

requires "file"

might want to try passwd