Passwordless user in Ubuntu 6.06

yitzhakbg · 09-04-2006, 02:29 PM

I have a script which creates new users. It worked perfectly well under Mandriva 2006, but It breaks under Ubuntu Dapper Drake.
Following are the two options which don't work:

1. User with no password:

passwd -d $username
Either doesn't work in Ubuntu, or at least will somebody show me what to do.

2. Creating a password like this:

echo $userpass |passwd $username --stdin

Can someone please help?

Thanks,
Yitzhak

Lotharster · 09-05-2006, 12:12 PM

If I were you. I'd read the manpages first. I#m sure there's some clues to be found.