On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Bob McGowan wrote: : > -----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?
Because I don't know what the user's password is. I have the encrypted password entry from the /etc/master.passwd file from the BSDi box, and don't need it encrypted again. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
