Changing Passwords From A Batch File

Steve Simmons scs at lokkur.dexter.mi.us
Tue Nov 13 13:47:09 AEST 1990


brunette at sjuphil.uucp (Glenn M. Brunette) writes:

>I was wondering if it is possible to change a users password by redirecting 
>input from a data file.

Under normal circumstances, no.  You probably want to get a copy of
expect.  FTP it from durer.cme.nist.gov, or send the message 
  send pub/expect.shar.Z
library at durer.cme.nist.gov.  You will need the tcl library as well,
stored in the same place.  This will let you write the scripts you
want.
-- 
" . . . within a nanometer (about a billionth of a yard) . . . "
  Reader's Digest, November 1990, pp. 31



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