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change jenkins password
username="myusername"
hash="$(echo -n 'thenewpass{s4lt}' | sha256sum | awk '{print $1;}')"
echo "Changing password for $username"
echo "Password encrypted with SHA-256"
sed -i -E "s/(<passwordHash>.+)/<passwordHash>s4lt:$hash<\/passwordHash>/" /var/lib/jenkins/users/$username/config.xml
echo "Replaced succesfully, restarting jenkins service..."
service jenkins restart
echo "Jenkins restarted"
service jenkins status
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