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From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Changing Passwords From A Batch File
Message-ID: <1990Nov13.024709.19396@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
Date: 13 Nov 90 02:47:09 GMT
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brunette@sjuphil.uucp (Glenn M. Brunette) writes:

>I was wondering if it is possible to change a users password by redirecting 
>input from a data file.

Under normal circumstances, no.  You probably want to get a copy of
expect.  FTP it from durer.cme.nist.gov, or send the message 
  send pub/expect.shar.Z
library@durer.cme.nist.gov.  You will need the tcl library as well,
stored in the same place.  This will let you write the scripts you
want.
-- 
" . . . within a nanometer (about a billionth of a yard) . . . "
  Reader's Digest, November 1990, pp. 31