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 at 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 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos