chpasswd - phpMan

CHPASSWD(8)                                                        CHPASSWD(8)



NAME
       chpasswd - update passwords in batch mode

SYNOPSIS
       chpasswd [options]

DESCRIPTION
       chpasswd 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

       By default the supplied password must be in clear-text. Default encription algoritm
       is DES. Also the password age will be updated, if present.

       This command is intended to be used in a large system environment where many
       accounts are created at a single time.

OPTIONS
       The options which apply to the chpasswd command are:

       -e, --encrypted
              Supplied passwords are in encrypted form.

       -h, --help
              Display help message and exit.

       -m, --md5
              Use MD5 encryption instead DES when the supplied passwords are not
              encrypted.

CAVEATS
       Remember keep protected for reading by others fille passed to standard input
       chpasswd command if it contains unencrypted passwords.

SEE ALSO
       passwd(1), newusers(8), useradd(8)

AUTHOR
       Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl AT ix.com)



                                  08/03/2005                       CHPASSWD(8)

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