Re: adduser without ncurses?

From: Martin P. Hellwig (mhellwig_at_xs4all.nl)
Date: 06/19/04

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    Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 20:31:14 +0200

    Erica wrote:
    > jpd <read_the_sig@do.not.spam.it> wrote in message news:<1087627046.804891@ente.ipberlin.com>...
    >
    >>["Followup-To:" header set to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc.]
    >>On 2004-06-19, Erica <erica@technodyke.com> wrote:
    >>
    >>>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.
    >>
    >>adduser does not use curses but does prompt for input.
    >>
    >>What about pw(1)?
    >
    >
    > pw works, except that it doesn't allow me to set a password. passwd
    > sets the password, but it prompts for input. Any suggestions?

    I know that the pw command is quite complicated but when I do the
    following on my box:

    % pw useradd -n test -d /home/test -m -s /usr/local/bin/bash -w random

    then I get on my stdout:

    password for 'test' is: Ugym8gbxcV

    But if you like to use prefab passwords, you can do that by storing the
    password in a textfile and using redirectors:

    % pw useradd -n test -d /home/test -m -s /usr/local/bin/bash -h fd <
    passwd4usr_test.txt

    If you dont use the redirector you get (single) prompt for a password.

    It is quite scriptible IMHO, reading man pw is recommend however. 

    -- 
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