Thanks Jim for the reply. The problem is that the encrypted password string on HP-UX and Solaris is 13 characters long. On Linux it is 34 characters long. I'm not sure if there are special meanings in these 34 characters or if it is just a 26 character salt or what. It would be nice if I could somehow figure out how to use the 13 character string somewhere in the Linux encryption.

We currently have an expect script to change passwords but it is painfully slow compared to the script I wrote for HP and Sun. I wanted to incorporate Linux into this script but cannot figure out how to do it.