Perfect! The answerman comes through again! :-) Thank you.. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.L.Francois" To: Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 1:04 PM Subject: Re: useradd > It seems like on Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 12:19:01PM -0700, Don Harrop scribbled: > Orig Msg> I've got a ton of users to add on a particular linux box. I have all the > Orig Msg> usernames and passwords.. I'd like to create an executable file that will > Orig Msg> run useradd and insert everyone into the machine. I can't figure out how to > Orig Msg> make useradd take unencrypted passwords at the command prompt though. Any > Orig Msg> ideas? > Orig Msg> > Orig Msg> Don > > man newusers > ==================== > NAME > newusers - update and create new users in batch > > SYNOPSIS > newusers [ new_users ] > > DESCRIPTION > newusers reads a file of user name and cleartext password > pairs and uses this information to update a group of > existing users or to create new users. Each line is in > the same format as the standard password file (see > passwd(5)) with the following exceptions. > > > man chpasswd > ===================== > > NAME > chpasswd - update password file in batch > > SYNOPSIS > chpasswd > > DESCRIPTION > chpasswd reads a file of user name and cleartext password > pairs from standard input and uses this information to > update a group of existing users. Each line is of the > format > > user_name:password > > The named user must exist. The supplied password will be > encrypted and the password age updated, if present. > > This command is intended to be used in a large system > environment where many accounts are created at a single > time. > > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >