Re: [LIP] passwd wrapper

Godbole, Amarendra (GE Consumer & Industrial) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have to write a passwd wrapper (my googling 
> efforts have so far returned a blank), to grab 
> the  user's password while he is changing it.
> 
> I'd appreciate if someone points me to the 
> documents which explains how the passwd
> command works, so that I can write a wrapper.
> I have no access to any UNIX related book as of
> now. I need to do this only for one user, `informix' 
> as I have to fill in the JDBC URL with this 
> password.

Why cant you simply ask the user for his password, and set it in the 
system using "passwd --stdin username" (using sudo permissions given to 
your script or somethign similar)?

- Sandip

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