thanks, I will try this, it looks like what I'm looking for On 8/3/09, a arias <aarias239 at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 at 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 the >> new password from standard input, which can be a pipe. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >