Re: Adding users

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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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