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NAME
chpasswd - update passwords in batch modeSYNOPSIS
- chpasswd [options]
DESCRIPTION
The supplied passwords must be in clear-text.
PAM is used to update the password in the system database according to the PAM chpasswd configuration.
When chpasswd fails to update a password, it continues updating the passwords of the next users, and will return an error code on exit.
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:
-S, --stdout
- Report encrypted passwords to stdout instead of updating password file.
-h, --help
- Display help message and exit.
CAVEATS
Remember to set permissions or umask to prevent readability of unencrypted files by other users.
FILES
/etc/pam.d/chpasswd
- PAM configuration for chpasswd.
SEE ALSO
passwd(1), newusers(8), , useradd(8).
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