Topic: Can I change user password by command line?

[hchao]

Can I change user password by command line?
thx

[rick]

try typing

man passwd

at the command line

[Greg Zartman]

rick wrote:
>
> try typing
> man passwd
> at the command line

This is only half of the puzzle.  Change only this password, that is the unix password, and you'll break samba access and possibly other services.  As a minimum, you'll also need to change samba password using smbpassword. There are some underlying SME mechanisms for changing user passwords, but I'm not 100% sure how to use them from the command line.  I'd recommend accessing either the server-manager or the user password panel.

Greg Zartman

[Tom Haynes]

Look for Lazy Administrators Toolkit. This allows batch addition of users, application of quotas, etc. It has been a real time saver for me.