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Old 04-27-2007
munch munch is offline
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Replace password field using ed/sed
I need to edit the password file to change the password field to *LK* for a specified account (abctest) like:
abctest:*LK*:135:20::/home/abctest:/sbin/sh

Can anyone help me do this using ed or sed?

Thanks a lot!