User creation script

[Tim]

Aaron Konstam:
>> The problem as I see it is to generate passwds automatically. There used
>> to be a program mkpasswd that did that but I can't find that now.

> Well I spoke to soon. mkpasswd is part of the expect package and it
> generates passwds that will make your script much simpler. 

Does it do the same job as crypt?  (Giving you the encrypted password
for the plain text one that you supply.)

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