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Re: passwd in SU mode?

On Aug 27, 2005, at 5:47 PM, Dan Shoop wrote:

It's not that Apple's hiding how passwords are changed, there's been a lot written about how to manually do this, but it's one of an issue of what type of account, what type of password, and what facilities you need running to make those modifications.

I agree with everything you said. However, my point is that if the GUI does it, then they could provide a command line utility that does it. Even if it was called "emergency_password_reset_while_in_single_user_mode_please_dont_use_othe rwise" it could be done and would be appreciated.

While they do document many things from the command line, they usually come with a disclaimer that says this will void your ability to get support in the future. For example, a University that would create (for example) 10,000 accounts every Fall Semester is faced with either doing all 10,000 creations via the GUI or using a script that would void their ability to get support in the future. I believe this scares many potential customers away from OpenDirectory.

Tom

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