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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Want to create new users without using "useradd" command and user Interaction. Post 8147 by syedifti on Saturday 6th of October 2001 02:22:55 PM
Old 10-06-2001
Want to create new users without using "useradd" command and user Interaction.
Don't want to use useradd command to create a new user
I am doing manual addition of accounts. Actually I am writing a script and I am working on RedHat7.1 system. What I am trying to do is run the script and pass all the values of the username password and group as command line parameters. Now what I am trying to do is after passing the initial password I want the account to be activated with that password. Because if you simply edit the passwd file and add the username, password and other information when you test the account it does not recognize the account and then as a root user you have to go and enter the password again and then it gets written to the shadow file in encrypted form(even if you use command "pwconv" does not write the password to the shadow file in the encrypted form). Plus I can't leave the acconts open either. To create 500 account or more It will take me a long time to create those accounts. I just want to automate those password writing to the shadow file without having to go through this command
passwd "username"
enter new password in Unix ******
So, if anyone knows how can I do this through the script please let me know.
regards
Last edited by syedifti; 10-06-2001 at 04:15 PM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT

newusers

NEWUSERS(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       NEWUSERS(8)

NAME

       newusers - update and create new users in batch

SYNOPSIS

       newusers [new_users]

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.

       pw_passwd This field will be encrypted and used as the new value of the encrypted password.

       pw_age	 This field will be ignored for shadow passwords if the user already exists.

       pw_gid	 This field may be the name of an existing group, in which case the named user will be added  as  a  member.   If  a  non-existent
		 numerical group is given, a new group will be created having this number.

       pw_dir	 This  field  will  be	checked for existence as a directory and a new directory with the same name will be created if it does not
		 already exist.  The ownership of the directory will be set to be that of the user being created or updated.

       This command is intended to be used in a large system environment where many accounts are updated at a single time.

CAVEATS

       The input file must be protected since it contains unencrypted passwords.

SEE ALSO

       passwd(1), useradd(8)

AUTHOR

       Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)

																       NEWUSERS(8)
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