Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2234 mails)

[alexm@xxxxxxxxxxx (alex medvedev)]

Hello,

can't you use "expect"?
or (just a thought):
when nobody else changes their password ;-) 
change a passwd for one user and copy the second field from /etc/shadow
for that user (the encrypted passwd).
then
# cp /etc/shadow /tmp/shadow.orig --> backup copy...
# cat /etc/shadow | sed 's/\!/sEcOND_fIelD/' > /tmp/shadow
# cp /tmp/shadow /etc
# rm /tmp/shadow
now all new users should have the same passwd.
this will change passwd for all users with "!" instead of passwd though.
i do not know if you want it...

-alexm

On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, George Toft wrote:

> I need to add 25 users to a machine.  I have this script to add the users, but
> how do I initilize their passwords without manually entering each user/password?
> 
> -------------------------------
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> useradd -g ics-184 user1
> useradd -g ics-184 user2
> useradd -g ics-184 user3
> useradd -g ics-184 user4
> useradd -g ics-184 user5
> [snip]
> -------------------------------
> (User's names have been changed.)
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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> Hawaii Pacific University              MSIS Graduate Student
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> Ownership, Organization Size, Industry, Workgroup Size,
> And the Perception of Value for Workgroup Servers."
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