Quoting John Haxby <jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 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.
> >
> >
> while read name password; do
> useradd -p "$password" "$name"
> done < file
>
If you dont have encrypted passwords in the file, you can use a bit modyfied
version of
John Haxby's script,
while read name password; do
useradd "$name"
echo "$password" | passwd --stdin "$name"
done < file
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