useradd does have the ability to set a default password. This from the manpage:
So, if you can set up one user, add a password via the passwd command, copy and paste the password to useradd, you should be set. Example:
Of course, this is a rudimentry example, with a weak password and default options... you would definitely want the user to have to change the password upon logging in for the first time... Also, as a note, this example would be using md5 passwords. This may not be compatible with your setup.
How can I change a user account to reflect the same "id" as another account?
for example
user test has an id of 2003
user test2 has a id of 2989
I want to change user test2 to have an id of 2003
Thanks
Mark (2 Replies)
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