chpasswd

Change the passwords for multiple users by using stdin. More information: <https://manned.org/chpasswd.8>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/chpasswd.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install passwd
Ubuntu
apt-get install passwd
Alpine
apk add shadow
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S shadow
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install passwd
Fedora
dnf install shadow-utils-2
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install passwd
Raspbian
apt-get install passwd
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/chpasswd
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/chpasswd chpasswd powered by Commando

Change the passwords for multiple users by using stdin. More information: <https://manned.org/chpasswd.8>.

  • Change the password for a specific user:
    printf "username:new_password" | sudo chpasswd
  • Change the passwords for multiple users (The input text must not contain any spaces.):
    printf "username_1:new_password_1\nusername_2:new_password_2" | sudo chpasswd
  • Change the password for a specific user, and specify it in encrypted form:
    printf "username:new_encrypted_password" | sudo chpasswd --encrypted
  • Change the password for a specific user, and use a specific encryption for the stored password:
    printf "username:new_password" | sudo chpasswd --crypt-method NONE|DES|MD5|SHA256|SHA512

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