X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=axlNB4QrtEiJ6WHV1lnMdGfP7JU/FqV1Zp3GlYsyzzr5+IWLGWv7b cOskYyZUssj9JQxb8QuMYN0hI75zLzR3X481GpI81FmE6D7RklUsV6vK8fzjerzv pCfx7hRZSWqlD8ZT9fDnd5XngpO8xm4CitpHOC0+7LbM08BOq68hdk= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=919jJkq7xz/bYS65KfVmswdQAkI=; b=ubgC+EC81fTXDFw+IgiEguIv/VW2 NfXXPkfu+Dl2gz2irnrmxAgrDltKvb7/VLqv7wv3/pNqvoDRv8SJ64XiuIPIDUNm Wsq56q4JcKX7JzfJiUKg6TLeh3CJE8o1NsiisAE9K3L1YrQkQ0/+jzieh6Peph0W EuDXH7Hfl+vmoMM= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:17:22 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: passwd -R Message-ID: <20140418111722.GB16638@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Apr 18 10:58, Vijay K Sukthankar wrote: >=20 >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I am trying to decipher how to do some of commands on a cygwin shell > remotely. I am using a Jython script to reset the Admin password and I > understand that I would have to do the following >=20 > 1) change the password registry entry using passwd -R Hang on. You only need to do this if you use the account for login purposes where you don't want to give your password, according to http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-setuid-overview > 2) net user Administrator Otherwise this command or just using the Cygwin passwd command without the -R option is sufficient: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#passwd > When the command is executed it expects that a re-enter of password which= I > dont want. Is there a way I can do echo passwd | passwd -R which would > change the password in registry. That's not provided for. You could try to give the password twice echo -e "${pwd}\n${pwd" | passwd but no guarantee that it works. Alternativly you write a tiny tool which calls the Win32 function NetUserChangePassword: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb706725.aspx Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTUQnCAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+gVjYP/1zeaqyHxIWUnRE1ni70viR2 ie+GnxbiwHfliOvhw8aJOd42YJsmsCYc8AeBOBZXxGRrPSsMsed2qq/ugsHXYIO/ Lq156G2rlGLw8mICbotV9JJXLcjONdzs5sGQhignHLRZlKdnExu+ls7DSZoaYnOB xIDxU+i1Jh1edb+puVZYK8PK9psrGlu0fPeIVH4Q9PumAWQX2BhZ0s+huIvVl7gj r98/vfc0f9ZXhcTikEEVq5XZJjaK542lVGfQ9LNhzBC7890NvibuQyE/Bkm8ki4X 3mx3C8EFmDaSZRxvNTKg8ZyuWKtdThfijVYg059oNARukCo7g9KJM4E4xSxtu4FS sV86ECwkpIUoyvyqXSuKU0G3r4T+3u9T4OQ2gcWFOWPgUa1nxvvbJMa7s9Vp40YP Yxe+YeIUUcnIz2AYarDvPs0gja3AkDFpOjy/5gVJCdUUBp4I+0m0ulXf1K6pbJ1N Aazfa+ZoQNxBvDtAKnERJz71HuMwN+9ta3A6gdvOMQRRmRT4uC4lMtxv4kQ0OMNO gpc1DkV4120ypQl+VMrWHHMIKG+E2sxeJL80tmuWlv5xBkeNBwNGjhZkXllCckKo KhMzfo6lvhVYuH9Yc5LqDxzpT0/yd9v9GNuA8xtqMQDMD8lg4cdjQXSFvPBLCylW Dq2DiMnqRccXu3bK13df =sXJP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g--