{"id":5928,"date":"2023-02-17T15:32:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2023-02-17T15:32:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:02:19","slug":"freebsd-change-user-password-shell-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/freebsd-change-user-password-shell-script\/","title":{"rendered":"FreeBSD Change User Password Shell Script"},"content":{"rendered":"

To change the password of a user in FreeBSD using a shell script, you can use the passwd<\/code> command. Here’s an example shell script that prompts for a username and new password:<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n
#!\/bin\/sh<\/span><\/p>\n

# Prompt for the username<\/span>
\necho<\/span> \"Enter the username: \"<\/span>
\nread<\/span> username<\/p>\n

# Prompt for the new password<\/span>
\necho<\/span> \"Enter the new password: \"<\/span>
\nread<\/span> -s password<\/p>\n

# Use the passwd command to change the user's password<\/span>
\necho<\/span> \"$password<\/span>\"<\/span> | passwd --stdin \"$username<\/span>\"<\/span><\/p>\n

# Check if the password change was successful<\/span>
\nif<\/span> [ $? -eq 0 ]; then<\/span>
\n echo<\/span> \"Password changed successfully for user $username<\/span>\"<\/span>
\nelse<\/span>
\n echo<\/span> \"Failed to change password for user $username<\/span>\"<\/span>
\nfi<\/span>
\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Here’s how the script works:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The script prompts the user to enter the username and new password using the read<\/code> command.<\/li>\n
  2. The passwd<\/code> command is used to change the user’s password. The --stdin<\/code> option is used to pass the new password to the passwd<\/code> command via standard input, and the username is specified as an argument.<\/li>\n
  3. The script checks the exit status of the passwd<\/code> command to determine if the password change was successful or not.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Save the above script to a file, for example “chpasswd.sh”, and make it executable using the command chmod +x chpasswd.sh<\/code>. You can then run the script by typing .\/chpasswd.sh<\/code> in the terminal and following the prompts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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