This may be totally late but First doesn't passwd need "passwd username" not "passwd password"? Second You could use backticks to execute and pw instead of passwd
print `pw adduser ...`; # man pw for details, you can do tons with pw in just one command If this has already been addressed sorry, I was away. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Old [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 8:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Useradd and Passwd Hello all, I have several users that I need to manage on a few (RH Linux) servers and I have recently run into the need to move user lists from one box to another. I know I can copy the passwd and shadow files over from box to box, but I'm not sure that I want to move the user and group ID's from box to box. I've started to write a script that would take care of some basic user additions. The part that isnt' working the way I want it is a system command: system("useradd $username; passwd $pass"); I've also tried: system("useradd $username; passwd $pass\n$pass\n$pass\n"); passwd just returns errors that it couldn't add the password. Anyone have any ideas what I can use? Thanks, Kevin -- Kevin Old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
