There is a PERL script out there (on the net somewhere) that does just this. You have to customize it to suit your needs, and it works very well. Don't remember exactly where I found it, I'll dig around my archives and see if I can find it. I worked at a school district in Calif, where I added 1500 users via this method. --- shane c branch <scbranch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tony Arcus wrote: > > > Anybody got a script that would read a txt type file with user > names and > > passwds, adds then and sets up the passwd? > > I have schools with hundreds of students and don't what to type > this by hand. > > > > tx > > if anyone does have such a thing, i wouldn't mind a copy as well. i > want > to convert a win2k server at work to linux, and i don't have any > desire > to setup those accounts by hand. > > -- > regards, > > shane > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list ===== Keith R. Fulton Guangzhou, China Guangzhou is 16 hours ahead of California, 13 hours ahead of Washington D.C. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
