useradd -p problem
 

HI guys. I am JOhn

I have tried this

useradd -p mypassword john

mypassword here is the encrypted password. I want to know how to create user with useradd command
I know i can useradd john, then passwd. But HOw about this useradd -p, how to solve this problem.

I need to do this because I want to create a useradd script, which ask for username and password and an account for teh user will be created.


Please help. I am confuse :(

You don't have to write such a script, as there are numerous script like the one you're trying to write out there already. E.g. adduser (instead of useradd)

See my post on your other (more or less duplicate thread) on the use of passwd --stdin

This isn't a security question (at least not directly), so it doesn't belong in this forum. Normally I'd move it, but because you've got a perfectly good thread going in which to discuss this issue, I'm closing this thread.