[clug] chpasswd gone..

[Andrew Janke]

>> Previously I could do something like this:
>>    1) copy appropriate shadow lines from some other machine:
>>    2) chpasswd --encrypted < modded-shadow-file
>
> If you have the plaintext you can use the --stdin on pwsswd, if not then
> just use sed -i- -s 's/^\(uname)\)<old crypt string>/\1<new crypt string>/'
> on shadow, taking the "locks" on either side of the sed

Thanks all, given that I don't know the previous entry (well I could
get it but that seems like too much work.. :) and I was using a perl
script anyhow I went for a home-baked split/chomp hack type version.


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