AIX 5.3: chpasswd : password changes 1

[ggauthier]

Back in this topic

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1048291

there was the question on creating hundreds of users and automatically populating the password for each account.

A few suggestions were made, including a helpful C program by p5wizard, which works on at least AIX 4.3 and 5.1

In AIX 5.3 there is a new command : chpasswd

Since the original posting in the previous thread didn't mention the AIX version, this may not be an option for that situation.

chpasswd allows you to set passwords for multiple accounts by building a file in format of accountassword

A cool feature is that you can provide a clear password (which will be encrypted) or an encrypted password.

Here is an IBM man page on the command:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoc...c=/com.ibm.aix.doc/cmds/aixcmds1/chpasswd.htm

Just an FYI.

-glenn

 

[mrn]

Glenn,

Have you considered writting a FAQ to cover this subject?

Also see "setpass" a C routine to do the same or install newusers (A linux util) that allows you to add a user and password in one go.



Mike

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[hfaix]

good find