--- Chris Puttick
I just keep coming back to newusers - from the man page:
update and create new users in batch
SYNOPSIS newusers [new_users]
DESCRIPTION newusers reads a file of user name and cleartext password pairs and uses this information to update a group of existing users or to create new users. Each line is in the same format as the standard password file (see passwd(5)) with the following exceptions.
Well, firstly this can be done with "expect", so I have no need for this. Not to mention the possible security implications that this command has (above). Of course, for added security I would do: mcrypt ./the_file and then when I come to use it do: cat ./the_file | mcrypt -d > ./use_this Secondly I wish SuSE would actually look to Debian as an example for the "adduser" program which does everything from adding users to updating them in one hit. Thus Andrew's problem of adding existing members to groups can easily be solved by: adduser $USER <groupname> Now, surely that is easier than faffing around with "usermod"? -- Thomas Adam ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/