User creation script

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 12:57 +0930, Tim wrote:
> 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.)
> 
No it produces a passwd that can be  assigned to a user and also is
output to stdout so it can be captured and sent to the user,
So: mkpasswd jones
Vg65og43
 
Jones gets the passwd displayed. The program also has arguments that
control the characteristics of the passwd. mkpasswd is in the expect
package.


-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>