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Re: passwd/shadow parsing script
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dreamwvr)
Mon Nov 9 17:11:19 1998
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 12:42:04 -0700
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hi,
this would probably be a easier way to go... and be less reinventing
of the wheel;') than a completely custom script.
Regards,
dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com
At 02:31 PM 11/9/98 +0000, Fred Whipple wrote:
>Toby Herring wrote:
>>
>> Anyone know where I can find a shell script (bash) or Perl script (5.04)
>> that will parse the entries in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow (depending on
>> installation, obviously), find a specific user, and replace a specific
field
>> of the entry? (This time around, I want to remove the password, but in the
>> future I may want to use it to manipulate other fields.)
>
>Having just read another answer regarding usermod, and asking a question
>about it myself, it seems to me that if there isn't a pre-written script
>that you could easily make the usermod command a centerpiece in yourown,
>assuming that you can at least do a *little* shell scripting...
>
> -Fred
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