Resetting user password in cron

[Tim Judd]

On 7/16/09, Jos Chrispijn <jos at webrz.net> wrote:
> Can someone tell me how I can reset a user's password best in a cron job?
> If I do a password change from the prompt, I now have to re-enter the
> password, which I would not like to do in a cron job. Thanks/
>
> Jos Chrispijn


yes newpasswd | passwd username

:)

not tried it myself.