[Fedora] Re: User creation script

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

Joachim Backes wrote:
> I think the problem is the password.
> Splitting the script in to parts:
>
> 1. useradd   .... $1 .......
> 2. password --stdin <<"EOF"
> $2
> EOF
>
> so if you call
>
> script <USERNAME> "<PASSWORD>"
>
> the password should be set correctly.
>
    Actually, one can use the useradd command to create the user and set 
the password at the same time - you just have to remember to crypt() the 
password string before passing it to useradd.

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