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>>>>> On Monday, 20 Jul 1992 15:40:06 CDT, <NIBMSCM@NDSUVM1.BITNET> said:

NIBMSCM> I am trying to set up new users on a Sun System from within a
NIBMSCM> 'C' program.  Everything seems to be working fine except I am
NIBMSCM> not able to set up a password for the new user.  Some how I
NIBMSCM> need each users password setup before they logon for the
NIBMSCM> first time.

Use crypt() to generate one.  e.g.

char
  *ky="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789./",
  salt[2],
  result[14];

char *
generate_passwd(input)
char *
  input;
{ int
    now;
  time(&now);
  salt[0] = ky[now % 64];
  salt[1] = ky[(now / 64) % 64];
  return(strcpy(result,crypt(input,salt))); }

The above chooses a "random" salt and runs a word across the crypt.
My assumption was that you just wanted the mechanics.