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Author: Blakebbarnett@bloodsystems.org
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Subject: useradd
Yeah.. what he said.

* Blake


-----Original Message-----
From: J.L.Francois [mailto:frenchie@magusnet.gilbert.az.us]
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 1:04 PM
To:
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.



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