/usr/ldbin/resetpw varient for Linux

Question

I've got a application that makes a shell call out to the HPUX resetpw command. It doesn't exist in Linux. Is there another command with similar functionality I could reference from my code?

Answer 1

If 'resetpw' does what it sounds like, you probably want the 'passwd' command on linux.

Here are a few other commands that are useful for user account administration. http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Deployment_Guide/s1-users-tools.html

Answer 2

Ended up avoiding the entire thing by using AD authentication.