Try this:
while true do read username passwd if [ "$username" == "" ] then exit fi passwd_hash=$(openssl passwd $passwd) echo "Using the following password hash for user "$username": $passwd_hash" /usr/sbin/useradd $username -p "$passwd_hash"; done
use the script like this:
add_multiple_users.sh < /path/to/userlist.txt
Don't forget to make the script executable:
chmod +x add_multiple_users.sh
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:56 PM, nate centos@linuxpowered.net wrote:
David Leon wrote:
I'm trying to avoid typing every password manually. I just need an script that makes the job.
useradd creates the account but still need to setup accpunt's password.
from 'man passwd'
--stdin This option is used to indicate that passwd should read thenew password from standard input, which can be a pipe.
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