Top "Passwd" questions

How to automatically add user account AND password with a Bash script?

I need to have the ability to create user accounts on my Linux (Fedora 10) and automatically assign a password via …

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List of all users that can connect via SSH

I recently started looking at my auth-logs and surprisingly found bots from china trying to bruteforce their way in this (…

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How do I completely remove root password

I am running slitaz distro, and would like to completely remove the root password. I have tried giving a blank …

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Change linux password in a script, quietly

As part of trying to implement a security measure in my root ssh session, I'm trying to devise a method …

linux bash shell unix passwd

Use of /etc/passwd-, /etc/shadow-, /etc/group-

In addition to the files : /etc/group, /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, I could see three files in my linux …

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I am unable to find the etc/passwd file in cygwin

I recently installed cygwin, and have been unable to find my passwd/etc file in order set to HOME. Is …

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Change linux password with Ansible playbook script when connecting as a non-root user without sudo privileges

I am trying to change password for a non-root Linux user from Ansible playbook. To do so I tried to …

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Does the Android operating system have files like /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group?

If not, how does android determine whether a user belongs to a certain group?

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Using shell_exec('passwd') to change a user's password

I need to be able to change the users' password through a web page (in a controlled environment). So, for …

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Passing input into passwd using pipe

How can I pipe some input using echo, into program that requires user typing something two times? for example echo "…

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