Re: [CentOS] copying user accounts...

I've used "usermod -p <encrypted password> <username>" successfully many times.

Just be careful with escaping of the '$' field separators that appear in the encrypted password string from /etc/shadow.

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 4:28 PM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:

I want to copy a few user accounts to a new system... is there a more elegant way to copy /etc/shadow passwords other than editing the file? for instance, is there some way I can give the password hash to /usr/bin/passwd ?

-- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast

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