"Jens B. Jorgensen" wrote: > > The trouble is that none of the utilities (that I know of) allow you to > specify the > password on the command line. Perhaps you can do it with pipes, like the > following.
Check the list archives - I posted a script on this list a couple days back that generates the /etc/passwd entries for you (and nis auto_home entries as well), including encrypting passwords specified on the command line. jpb -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CREOL System Administrator Social graces are the packet headers of everyday life.