(originally published on 09.06.2017, reviewed/rewritten on 13.04.2025, tested on Oracle Solaris 11.4 SRU 79)
There is an easy way to directly set an hashed password with the passwd tool. In Solaris 11.3 the -p option was introduced to the tool.
root@testbed:~# pwhash
Password: supersecret
Re-enter Password: supersecret
$5$rounds=10000$1ApTbpEC$PGwfhPohr27EbTlmnEo9t45uXdRTqutuhowQ3W206Y/
root@testbed:~# passwd -p '$5$rounds=10000$1ApTbpEC$PGwfhPohr27EbTlmnEo9t45uXdRTqutuhowQ3W206Y/' junior
passwd: password information changed for junior
root@testbed:~# grep "junior" /etc/shadow | cut -d ":" -f 2
$5$rounds=10000$1ApTbpEC$PGwfhPohr27EbTlmnEo9t45uXdRTqutuhowQ3W206Y/Of course, the usual objections apply. The man page states:
It is intended to be used for scripting password hash updates. Its use is generally discouraged, as the hashed password is visible through ps(1) while the command runs.
