I need to be able to change a user’s password from a cron task or from an ssh session. Is there an easy way to do that with a bash script? If not, what’s the easiest way to do it in Cocoa?
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I need to be able to change a user’s password from a cron task or from an ssh session. Is there an easy way to do that with a bash script? If not, what’s the easiest way to do it in Cocoa?
Use the
passwdshell command.