I'm still struggling to devise a simple way to add large numbers of user accounts using csv files or similar. The users already exist on an Acorn Level 4 server and I want to move the users and passwords, transparently to a Linux server. I have no problem exporting the csv file but...... Anyone help with these points 1) useradd in RedHat does not appear to understand the -p option and it is not mentioned in the man pages. Does suse recognise this option and as a result allow a single line entry for a user and their password? 2) If I type useradd as root I get an error - "bash: useradd: command not found" but $PATH reports /usr/sbin as part of the path and this is where useradd is located. What am I missing? 3) Can anyone recommend a good source of information on writing shell scripts - I might then be able to fiddle around with the passwd command. Dave Williams