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Does your passwd read from standard input? ;-)

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2018-10-23 19:52:59 +00:00
Commented Oct 23, 2018 at 19:52
Yes it is looking for and can not find a command named echo -e 'testpasswd\ntestpasswd' | passwd FakeAccount

ctrl-alt-delor
– ctrl-alt-delor

2018-10-23 19:58:17 +00:00
Commented Oct 23, 2018 at 19:58
@Kusalananda: I haven't tried it, but the OP states But if i copy this exact string... the command works just fine

choroba
– choroba

2018-10-23 19:58:18 +00:00
Commented Oct 23, 2018 at 19:58

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