Name
chpasswd
Synopsis
chpasswd [options]System administration command. Change user passwords in a batch. chpasswd accepts input in the form of one username:password pair per line. Unless the -e option is specified, password is encrypted before being stored. This command doesn’t use PAM. It updates the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files.
Option
- -e, --encrypted
Passwords given are already encrypted.
- -m, --md5
Use MD5 Encryption
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