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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!homer.alpha.net!not-for-mail From: Kyle Howard <kyle@hnet.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: a script to call chpass, make the change, then continue Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 13:40:18 -0600 Organization: Hillman Consulting Services, Inc. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <32F63F22.622C@hnet.net> Reply-To: kyle@hnet.net NNTP-Posting-Host: kyle.hcsinc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd:16870 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5850 Hello all, I am writing a shell script that makes changes to user's info. Among other tasks (that it performs correctly), I want the script to call chpass (chpass $username), maks a change and save it, then continue to the next task (which it performs correctly). I am using vi to write the script, and when I call chpass normally, I use vi to edit it. Please help with your ideas via e-mail. Your help is very much appreciated. -- Most sincerely Kyle