Useradd Script

jcornel7 · 02-17-2003, 08:10 AM

I need some help! I need to add like 45 users. I have the usernames in a text file.

I know how to use useradd (at least I thought I did)

What is the proper context to add a user called alincoln with a password of address?

useradd alincoln -p address

That command didnt work.

If anyone has a very simple scipt I would appreciate that as well.

Thanks!

emmanuelmathew · 02-17-2003, 09:12 AM

Hai,

Just try adduser. This will have an interactive feed back. I did not test this. But my senior told me this. But I think its just worth to give a try. Hope it will help you.

Bye.

cuckoopint · 02-17-2003, 09:48 AM

for non-interactive:

the command "newusers" is what you're prolly looking for. It's available in the Debian "passwd" package
http://packages.debian.org/stable/base/passwd.html

but should also be around the net somewhere for other distros.

from the manpage:

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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.

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