[100048] in RedHat Linux List
how to FORCE setting a password
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin Kuntz)
Wed Nov 18 09:30:10 1998
From: "Justin Kuntz" <jkuntz@prominic.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 08:22:58 -0600
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I am trying to completely automate user creation... I need to create
hundreds of accounts and do NOT want to type in the password for each one.
I need some kind of shell-script-able sequence such as:
useradd <user_name> <home directory> <etc>
password <user_name> <password>
I have been unable to discover how to do this so far after looking through
several reference books. Please e-mail me if you know of a way to force a
password set through some kind of shell script.
Also, is it important to use 'useradd', or can I write to the /etc/passwd
file directly in my script... or do I need to obtain some kind of
system-wide lock on it?
These questions relate to Red Hat Linux v5.1
Thank you,
Justin
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