knowledgebase/linux/misc/mass setting user passwords Every need to change (or set) passwords for a large number of users? Something like this code snippet may help. {code:none} # find all the usernames with bash logins usernames=$(cat /etc/passwd | grep bash | sed 's/:.*//g) for i in $usernames; do echo "somepassword" | passwd --stdin $i done {code} 2005-09-02 23:12:50.0 2005-09-02 23:12:23.0