On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Gareth Bromley wrote: > On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Robert Denton wrote: > > useradd -G root -p menace phantom > > To create a user by the name of phantom with a the password menace. This > > didn't work and after a review of the man page associated with useradd, it > > would seem that if you are going to include the password in this command you > > need to supply it in an encrypted form (with crypt(3)) and I am not quite > > certain how to do that. I also considered going the other route: > > useradd -G root phantom > > passwd phantom > > But that requires further interaction and this doesn't seem to be possible > > in a kickstart post installation script. Has anyone tried this at all? I > > would appreciate any advice regarding the best way to do this. > The best way is to make use of the usermod and associated tools. > > e.g. > /usr/sbin/useradd myuser > chfn -f 'A User' myuser > /usr/sbin/usermod -p '$1$CrackThisOnePlease!!' myuser That requires an encrypted password, just the problem Robert wants to overcome. -- Please, reply only to the list. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
