> -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan E Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 1998 10:11 AM > To: Debian User List > Cc: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: adding users via scripts > > > We are in the process of moving users from a BSDi box to a Linux box. > BSDi has an adduser script which accepts encrypted passwords. The > Debian adduser script does not. From reading through the > code for each, > it seems that BSDi's adduser script manipulates the password file > directly. ( I'm not a Perl guru, btw :) > > So, I'm wondering if anyone knows of or has developed an adduser type > script for Linux that will accept encrypted passwords on the comamnd > line. I don't feel up todeveloping this myself, though I'll give it a > try if I have to. In the short term, I'd probably add the users with > one script and change the entries in /etc/shadow with another. > > Searching for ideas, advice, etc. Thanks. >
How about just adding the 'passwd' command to the scirpt? --- Bob McGowan i'm: bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
