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I can add users using the following commands without specifying a group
# useradd USER1
# passwd USER1
password: ******
Retype password:
password: ******
but if I use the following script with a text file (user_list.txt) containing list of user, i.e. one user per line and user name and password separated by a space, will that work? Am I missing something in the script?
For the same users I have to set the vnc password for each user manually using the following commands.
# su - USER1
$ vncpasswd
password: ******
Retype password: ******
$ exit
How can I write a script to read the same text file and set vnc passwords?
BTW I am using Red Hat Linux 5.
If you have many users, etc. to maintain, and especially if you have many systems upon which to maintain them, it quickly becomes advantageous to use a central authority, such as LDAP (a.k.a. Microsoft OpenDirectory) to do the job. Instead of attempting to update cumbersome per-system password files, have each machine consult the central authority to validate passwords.
If you have a mixture of Microsoft, OS/X, and Linux systems, the good news is that all of these can simultaneously use the same authority, allowing "single sign-on" if you so desire.
How to write a script for setting vnc passwords for multiple users?
I managed to get the user add script work, but how to write the following commands in a script for setting vnc password for multiple users? I need to read a text file (user_list.txt) containing list of user, i.e. one user per line and user name and password separated by a space.
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