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pehrs
Asked: 2010-11-06 08:34:20 +0800 CST

Bulk change passwords

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I am converting some scripts from an ancient SuSe install, after a swap to ubuntu. These scripts uses a tool called mkpasswd, which sets user passwords. I wonder if there is something similar for Ubuntu so I don't have to code it myself. The tool is very simple. It reads a file like

username1:password2
username2:password2
....
usernameN:passwordN

And sets the passwords on the users.

ubuntu bulk-action password-management

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  1. Best Answer

    chpasswd is very similar. Installed by default in ubuntu.

    NAME chpasswd - update passwords in batch mode

    SYNOPSIS chpasswd [options]

    DESCRIPTION The chpasswd command reads a list of user name and password pairs from standard input and uses this information to update a group of existing users. Each line is of the format:

       user_name:password
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  2. Ubuntu has mkpasswd - you may need to install it by running sudo aptitude install mkpasswd.

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