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#OUTFILE=out.xml
prefix='EDSAD150'
password="asdf1234"
pass=$(perl -e 'print crypt($ARGV[0], "asdf1234")' $password)

for i in {01..02};do

    usname=$prefix""$i
    yes $pass | yppasswd $usname

done

I want to change the password of the users but when I run this script I have to give the server password every time because I am usingyppasswd command . But when I used passwd command the NIS files won't change.

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  • What distribution are you using? Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 12:59

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Use chpasswd command to change the password using script

root@SHW:cat password.list
user1:pass1
user2:pass2
user3:pass3

root@SHW:chpasswd < password.list

Above example illustrate an example of given command to change password of users namely user1,user2,user3.

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  • the chpasswd is not Working $usname:$pass|chpasswd Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 12:33
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    @Ann "not working" doesn't tell us anything. You need to explain exactly how it fails. Is there an error message? No error but the password is unchanged? Some passwords changed but problems with the NIS? Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 12:35
  • changepwUser1.sh: line 9: EDSAD15001:asbTyBDRLWRmQ: command not found changepwUser1.sh: line 9: EDSAD15002:asbTyBDRLWRmQ: command not found this the error I am getting the list of the user is generating along with password when the script is running Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 12:36
  • @Ann and what are you running? We don't have access to yours scripts, please edit your question and show us what you did exactly. Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 13:01
  • Have you tried above script with your existing username/password pair ? Commented Nov 10, 2015 at 6:24

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