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--- rh124_account_management [2026/10/19 19:44] – [Deleting groups] rpjday
+++ rh124_account_management [2026/10/19 20:02] (current) – [Changing someone's password] rpjday
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 <code>
 $ passwd user0
+</code>
+Note ''%%--stdin%%'' option to set password:
+<code>
+$ passwd --help
+Usage: passwd [options] [LOGIN]
+Options:
+  -a, --all                     report password status on all accounts
+  -d, --delete                  delete the password for the named account
+  -e, --expire                  force expire the password for the named account
+  -h, --help                    display this help message and exit
+  -k, --keep-tokens             change password only if expired
+  -i, --inactive INACTIVE       set password inactive after expiration
+                                to INACTIVE
+  -l, --lock                    lock the password of the named account
+  -n, --mindays MIN_DAYS        set minimum number of days before password
+                                change to MIN_DAYS
+  -q, --quiet                   quiet mode
+  -r, --repository REPOSITORY   change password in REPOSITORY repository
+  -R, --root CHROOT_DIR         directory to chroot into
+  -P, --prefix PREFIX_DIR       directory prefix
+  -S, --status                  report password status on the named account
+  -u, --unlock                  unlock the password of the named account
+  -w, --warndays WARN_DAYS      set expiration warning days to WARN_DAYS
+  -x, --maxdays MAX_DAYS        set maximum number of days before password
+                                change to MAX_DAYS
+  -s, --stdin                   read new token from stdin
+</code>
+<code>
+$ echo "password" | passwd --stdin user0
 </code>