Hi

I am using Solaris9 and trying to change password of a user with command:

passwd userid

i want password to be given from text file or command line so that password is not prompted on the command line. Is there any way to do this?
I guess i am able to force the carriage return to be entered while entering the password from command line.
This is what I am doing:

passwd userid << EOF
newpassword
newpassword
EOF


But after this, it still gives me New Password prompt. Any help will be appreciated.

I think that you also need to specify a after you enter the password for 1st time

passwd userid << EOF
newpassword << EOF
newpassword
EOF

I mean
specify a EOF

I have the sam issue, did any one find the solution, can they share the esact script please..