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Hi,

On unix system is it possibble to change the password of a user from a
var?

like:

system("passwd $user");
print("$password\n");
print("$password\n");

But this doesnt work. Passwd is waiting for a input.

It's hpux so --stdin doesnt work also.

Reg. Patrick

Patrick wrote:
>
> On unix system is it possibble to change the password of a user from a
> var?
>
> like:
>
> system("passwd $user");
> print("$password\n");
> print("$password\n");
>
> But this doesnt work. Passwd is waiting for a input.
>
> It's hpux so --stdin doesnt work also.

Perhaps this posting from Randal will help:
http://groups.google.ca/groups?selm=...stonehenge.com


John
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