URGENT- Help for Shell Scripting

[angrish]

hi,

i want to change the password of root by non-root user using shell file.
i am trying
echo user_password | sudo passwd --stdin root

here user_password is the password entered by the user

it works fine from the command line, but from shell i am trying

echo $1 | sudo passwd --stdin root

and it just prints the
$1 | sudo passwd --stdin root

solution to this problem will be highly appreciated.

thanx
vishal angrish

[andutt]

Please dont cross-post, we dont like that!,

Dolda or sykkn can you move this topic that where posted under admin to generelascripting and delete the other 2...i didnt see that i answered under the wrong category..

[Dolda2000]

I've locked this thread now. For the other thread, see this link:
http://www.linuxforums.org/viewtopic.php?t=3591