set logon password without useradd?

ldp · 01-22-2005, 11:40 AM

Hi,

I'm writing some script to automagically create a new useraccount.
I want the script to run with two parameters, the username and his password. Now to create the user account is no problem at all but to set the password without the prompt asking it, is that possible?
The goal is that the script can run without any interactive user input. Is it possible to have the script provide the input for the passwd?

thanks.
Lieven

david_ross · 01-22-2005, 01:03 PM

You could use an expect script with passwd.

ldp · 01-22-2005, 07:12 PM

What is an expect script? I assume it's some kind of script that sends text to the passwd command? But can you give away a hint? I tried with input redirection like passwd < pwdfile < pwdfile but ofcourse that didn't work. :-)

Ok.. sry, I should have checked it immediatly. expect seems to be the command that I was looking for.

thanks.