Name
chpasswd
Synopsis
chpasswd [option]
Description
System administration command. Change user passwords in a batch. chpasswd accepts input in the form of one username:password pair per line. If the -e option is not specified, password will be encrypted before being stored.
Option
- -e
Passwords given are already encrypted.
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