On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:10:57PM -0500, Jeff Graves wrote: > I'm trying to use the passwd --stdin option to pipe a plain text > password through passwd so it gets encrypted and set properly (since > this is my first attempt at writing shell scripts and whatnot). Just for > testing, I'm running this code at the command line. This is the syntax > I'm using: > > echo password | passwd --stdin username > > It's says all tokens updated successfully but when I try to log in using > the new password, I get a login incorrect. If I type: This is what I'm using (RHL 6.2): NEWPASSWORD=$(password-generator) echo "Attempting to set password to $NEWPASSWORD" echo $NEWPASSWORD | passwd --stdin $USER (echo $NEWPASSWORD ; echo $NEWPASSWORD) | smbpasswd -a -s $USER This has been working fine for me for several years. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
