Re: adduser without ncurses?

phn_at_icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 08:08:30 +0000 (UTC)

In comp.unix.misc Erica <erica@technodyke.com> wrote:
> (I may have accidently posted this twice, if so, I apologize)

> Hi,

> I wrote a script to add a whole bunch of users to a FreeBSD box using input from
> a file. However, I need something that works like adduser or useradd
> without ncurses, that is, without prompting for input. Something that
> allows me to just place all the arguments on a single line so that I can
> run it in an awk loop. If anyone knows of such a thing, I would be ever
> grateful for your assistance.

> --Erica

Have you tried 'adduser' ?
ADDUSER(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual ADDUSER(8)

NAME
     adduser - command for adding new users

SYNOPSIS
     adduser [-check_only] [-class login_class] [-config_create]
             [-dotdir dotdir] [-group login_group] [-h | -help] [-home home]
             [-message message_file] [-noconfig] [-shell shell]
             [-s | -silent | -q | -quiet] [-uid uid_start] [-v | -verbose]

DESCRIPTION
     Adduser is a simple program for adding new users. Adduser checks the
     passwd, group and shell databases. It creates passwd/group entries, HOME
     directory, dotfiles and sends the new user a welcome message.

adduser is implemented as a perl script, so any changes you feel for
are easily done. 

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