A script to change password for all other servers

Shell Programming and Scripting
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If that is just a comment not requiring follow-up, fine.

If not, open a new thread, giving exact and complete infos on WHAT and HOW doesn't work, using code tags where appropriate and required by forum rules.

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Can someone please explain to me what are "code tags"? How to use them? And why are they required?

Many thanks in advance.

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Code tags temporarily suspend html formatting so spacing, indenting etc. are preserved and monospace fonts are used. They work like code or data text ; you can enter them manually or highlight the text and press the button in the editor toolbar. For strings or small partial text lines, use tags.

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This is just a test for me to see what's the difference between using code tags and not. Please ignore; thanks.

scp -r tstnglbz1:/export/home/mchavoshi/bin .

scp -r tstnglbz1:/export/home/mchavoshi/bin .

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The Solaris passwd command wants a terminal.
I don't like expect.
But here is how I changed the root password

#!/bin/sh
filename="$1"
if [ -z "$filename" ]; then
  echo "usage: $0 hostfile"
  exit 1
fi
while read host <&3
do
  ssh -t "root@$host" "passwd"
done 3< "$filename"

For every host it prompts for an interactive password, two times,
but if you can use copy/paste then it's a matter of paste-enter-paste-enter,...