Ya, I'm on as root.  Look at man useradd.  It tells me that -p needs to be
in the crypto format.  I wish it would let me use plain text..

Don


> You could write a simple tcsh (csh) script:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/tcsh
>
> # assume username and passwords in seperate files
> set usernames=`cat usernamefile`
> set passwords=`cat passwordsfile`
>
> set passwdindex=0
> foreach user ($usernames)
>     # add the first user
>     /usr/sbin/useradd $user -p ${passwords[$passwdindex]}
>     # increment the index
>     @ passwdindex = ($passwdindex + 1)
> end
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> that should do it.  If the username/passwords are in the same file, then
adjust
> the beginning to the known file format.
>
> I thought useradd took unencrypted passwords by default.  Are you logged
in as
> root?
>
>
> Don Harrop wrote:
>
> > I've got a ton of users to add on a particular linux box.  I have all
the
> > usernames and passwords..  I'd like to create an executable file that
will
> > run useradd and insert everyone into the machine.  I can't figure out
how to
> > make useradd take unencrypted passwords at the command prompt though.
Any
> > ideas?
> >
> > Don
> >
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