[K12OSN] group password - chpasswd not working

[Peter Hartmann]

Kind of stuck here - My chpasswd command is really not working.  When
I type it chpasswd by itself I get:

chpasswd: can't lock password file

I removed .lock files for passwd and shaddow

I would  be REALLY gratefull for any help.  I can't seem to find much
information on this type of problem.


Thanks,
Peter

On 6/8/06, Peter Hartmann <ascensiontech at gmail.com> wrote:
> Update: I'm doing this now:
>
> cat usernamepwfile | /usr/sbin/chpasswd
>
> and I get this:
>
> chpasswd: can't lock password file
>   I tried moving passwd.lock, shadow.lock  passwd- and shaddow-..... no luck.
>
> Little help?
>
> Thanks!
> Peter
>
>
> On 6/8/06, Peter Hartmann <ascensiontech at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Martin!  Now if  I could only get it to work.   Whatever I do I get this:
> >
> > usage: chpasswd [-e]
> >
> > man chpasswd has this:
> >
> > CAVEATS
> >        The input file must be protected if it contains unencrypted passwords.
> >
> > So I tried chmodding my input file to 600.....no good.  i'm not sure
> > how to encrypt a passwod with the command line so I changed one of my
> > users with webmin and copied the encryped pw into my input file with
> > "find and replace"   With that file i tried the command with the -e
> > switch.....no good.  What the heck am i doing wrong?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Peter
> >
> > On 6/8/06, Martin Woolley <sysadmin at handsworth.bham.sch.uk> wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 07 Jun 2006 19:10, Peter Hartmann wrote:
> > > > I'm looking for a way to set a login password for a group of users.  I
> > > > need to change this password often and I'm getting tired of doing it
> > > > manually.  I've tried setting a password for the group that these
> > > > users belong to in Webmin and setting a user in the group to 'no
> > > > password required' but the having the group password set has no
> > > > apparent effect on the login process and the user isn't required to
> > > > enter a pw.   Is there a way to do this?
> > >
> > > One method could be setup a file with a bunch of uname:passwd entries and then
> > > do a man chpasswd.
> > > --
> > > Regards
> > > Martin Woolley
> > > ICT Support
> > > Handsworth Grammar School
> > > Isis Astarte Diana Hecate Demeter Kali Inanna
> > >
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