Re: Add instantly active local user accounts *with* password using useradd -p option ?

["William L. Maltby" <CentOS4Bill@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 08:32 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need to setup a load of user accounts on a series of machines, for 
> testing purposes. I'm using a script to do this, but the only problem I 
> have so far: I have to activate them all manually by doing passwd user1, 
> passwd user2, passwd user3, etcetera. The useradd man page mentions a -p 
> option to define a password, but I can't seem to get this to work. 

A common oversight. IIRC, the -p expects tha *encrypted password, as
might be found in /etc/shadow. The --stdin others suggest should do it.

> <snip>

-- 
Bill

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