[CentOS] [OT]: Passing password for a command on the fly

[Mário Gamito]

Dear Luciano (aka strange),

Thank you very nice :)

Kind Regards,
Mário Gamito

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Luciano Rocha <strange at nsk.no-ip.org> wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:38:17AM +0100, Mário Gamito wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> First things first, sorry for the off-topic, but I've already burned
>> my eyes Googling and couldn't find the answer to what I need and I
>> remembered asking here, because I'm a long time CentOS and its mailing
>> list user.
>> Again, my apologies.
>>
>> I have this command to create an FTP account:
>>
>> # pure-pw useradd mario -u 502 -g 502 -n 1000 -N 200 -d /home/pages/mario
>>
>> This command asks for the password twice.
>>
>> I need to pass the password (preferably without expect) so I can
>> create the account without prompting.
>>
>> If i run:
>>
>> # echo secret | pure-pw useradd mario -u 502 -g 502 -n 1000 -N 200 -d
>> /home/pages/gamito
>>
>> It reads the first insertion, but asks for the second.
> (echo secret; echo secret) | pure-pw ...
>
> Or: echo -e 'secret\nsecret' | pure-pw
>
> Or: pure-pw <<EOF
> secret
> secret
> EOF
>
> --
> lfr
> 0/0
>
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