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From: chad@oscar.cs.byu.edu (Chad)
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Subject: Re: How to reset a uesr's password
Message-ID: <1991Jun29.171017.17847@hamblin.math.byu.edu>
Date: 29 Jun 91 17:10:17 GMT
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In article <1014@lhdsy1.chevron.com>, yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip
Yzarn de Louraille) writes:
||>In article <1991Jun25.190902.4070@shark.uucp>
qiangli@gauss.casr.fau.edu (Charlie Li) writes:
|>>In case a user forgot his password, how can "root" help on this?
|>vipw? How
|>>to make the new password field entry?
|>>
|>>I know at least I can removeuser and then adduser back on, but seems
|>not
|>>the best way to do it.
|>>
|>>Thank you for your advice.
|>>
|>>Charlie Li
|>
|>Delete all the characters found between the first two ":" in the
|>etc/passwd
|>Then make a passwd for your user, then tell him/her what it is, then
|>tell that person to change it.
|>-- 
|>  Philip Yzarn de Louraille                 Internet:
|>yzarn@chevron.com
|>  Research Support Division                 Unix & Open Systems
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|>


Better yet, as root just
# passwd username

This will change the password for that user.

You don't need to delete anything from /etc/passwd.

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Chad Leigh 
Brigham Young University / on leave from DEC
chad@yvax.byu.edu /  chad@norge.enet.dec.com
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