On 12.08.01, 12:27:39, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> how to make passwd work in batch mode (from root)
> 
> tried
> 
> echo password\npassword|passwd user
> 
> but it still inputs from console


You might take a look at chat (included in NetBSD) or
tcl-expect (in pkgsrc/lang) to achieve this.

I've never done this (and never will), so I can't give you detailed
instructions, I don't even know if chat would work at all.


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