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perl or shell script to change the password
This is a discussion on perl or shell script to change the password within the Shell scripting forums, part of the Development/Scripting category; i want a perl or shell script so that the user of ftp can change their won password....
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15-03-2009, 07:47 PM
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Perl code:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Unix::PasswdFile;
$pw = new Unix::PasswdFile "/etc/passwd";
$pw->passwd("monk", $pw->encpass("My-New-Password"));
$pw->commit();
undef $pw;
Change root password using perl script? Shell script code: Code:
echo $PASSWORD | /usr/bin/passwd --stdin $USERNAME
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15-03-2009, 10:51 PM
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Thankyou,
i have another question, i am using proftpd and my password file is in different location /etc/proft.passwd and i need shell script to change that password without changing /etc/passwd file.
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| change password , passwd , perl , shell script |
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