On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 michael.arolan at excite.com wrote: > Any takers on how to create a user from the command line and specify a > password at the same time? 1) use debian's 'adduser' utility, which asks you for a password. 2) write a wrapper script that parses the password you provide into crypt, and then use the '-p' option to useradd to use that crypt. 3) just run adduser/useradd then passwd. :) -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list