Changing admin passwords using ARD/root?

Due to losing some key personnel who had access to our administrator passwords, we need to change all of them. Does anybody know if this might could be done by sending some UNIX command as root to the necessary machines?
I realize I'm probably out of luck, but it sure would be nice to have a way to change them without having to touch every stinking machine!
Message was edited by: LostTexan

Send 1 of 2 Unix commands:
passwd username
newpassword
newpassword
OR
dscl . -passwd /Users/username newpassword
Also, please note that question has been asked and answered many times in the past, so you should always try and help yourself by doing a search before posting.

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