Got it done with the following script: #!/bin/bash for i in `cat unpw.csv`; do UN=`echo $i | cut -f1 -d','` PW=`echo $i | cut -f2 -d','` ENCPW=`echo $PW | mkpasswd -s` echo useradd -p $ENCPW -m $UN done On 02/25/2011 10:05 AM, Nathan Caza wrote: > give an example; fake names/usrnames/passwords for a few entries in the file > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Raymond Norton<admin at lctn.org> wrote: >> Forgot to mention, this is on an Ubuntu 10.x server with postfix. >> >> >> >> ----- "Nathan Caza" wrote: >> should be possible; give us a markup of the format the email addresses >> are in (e.g.<first>.<last>@something.org) also what type of system, >> and what the usernames should be formatted as >> >> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:25 AM,<admin at lctn.org> wrote: >>> I'm helping a school set up a new email server after the old one crashed. >>> Is there a script I can run against a text file of email addresses to create >>> users on the new server ? >>> >>> Raymond >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> >> >> -- >> Raymond Norton >> LCTN >> Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >