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uthinkicare 06-08-2006 09:17 AM
how to create many user accounts using suse linux?
 
hi guys, any1 knows how to create alot of user accounts using suse linux? do i have to create a shell script?


thanks in advance...

uthinkicare 06-08-2006 12:45 PM
up................

bathory 06-08-2006 12:57 PM
You can use newusers. Read the man page to see how you must format the input file.

uthinkicare 06-08-2006 11:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bathory
You can use newusers. Read the man page to see how you must format the input file.

yah i know how to creat a user accounts. but right now, i have to create 10k user accounts. so i was wondering is there any method to create them?

DeusExLinux 06-08-2006 11:50 PM
one by one.

10k seems a bit excessive! Do you work for a large company? If so, I would recommend hiring a lacky to do this for you, as it can get tedious.

As to your question, I don't know if there's really way to do this in bulk.

homey 06-09-2006 12:31 AM
If the OP took the time to read what bathory said, the command: newusers file.txt may do the trick.
You put info into a file which looks like the /etc/password file. This uses plain passwords in the file and are in the field next to the user name.
Code:
sue:bpkc-100es:500:500::/home/sue:/bin/bash
tom:bpkc-100es:500:500::/home/tom:/bin/bash
fred:bpkc-100es:500:500::/home/fred:/bin/bash
joe:bpkc-100es:500:500::/home/joe:/bin/bash

DeusExLinux 06-09-2006 09:46 AM
Hmm, that seems brilliant, thanks for the info!


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