How to assign password to user in shell script

This article introduces to you how to assign passwords to users in shell scripts. Let’s look at the specific content below.

Let’s take a look at the command first

echo <password> | passwd –stdin <username>

For example:

Use the following command to change the password of user jack in the shell script . For example, we use the string password as the password.

cho "password" | passwd --stdin user

Assign user to enter password:

Use the following command to enter password from user and assign to user user.

read -p "Enter Password for User jack: " pwd
echo $pwd | passwd --stdin user

In addition, we can also prompt the user to enter the password twice to confirm that the user has entered the correct password. Use the following command to enter the password twic from user and assign it to user user.

while :
do
    read -p "Enter Password for User user: " pwd1
    read -p "Confirm Password for User user: " pwd2
    if [ "$pwd1" == "$pwd2" ]
    then
		break
    else
	    echo "Password and Confirm password doesn't match...."
    fi
done
echo $pwd1 | passwd --stdin user

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