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On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 06:46:53PM -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > I've googled and cannot find a good answer (it's probably out there, > just haven't found it yet...) > > In the Windows world, at least as admin, you can invoke a command > prompt, type: net user account_of_choice password_of_choice, and the > password of account_of_choice is changed to password_of_choice, clear > text, yes, but Windows doesn't force a verification of the password. > > What is the equivalent method for an up-to-date Linux distro Centos? Ubuntu? As root, your choice is: passwd user (which will ask for verification, etc) or many options are available from usermod; man it. -dsr- -- http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. You can't defend freedom by getting rid of it.
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