you could do something like this #!/bin/bash # Script to read text file with usernames and passwords and enter them as # system users PASSFILE='passwordfile' SHELL='/bin/bash' cat $PASSFILE | while read LINE do USERNAME=`cut -f1 -d':' $LINE` FULLNAME=`cut -f2 -d':' $LINE` useradd -c $FULLNAME -s $SHELL -d /home/$USERNAME $USERNAME done Note, this doesnt add the passwords in /etc/shadow, to do that you would need some fancy perl scripts or use expect On Tuesday 27 August 2002 03:51 pm, Gelah wrote:

hi:

Can someone who knows shell scripting help me with this:

I want to write a simple script that will add logins to my password file using these commands:

o vi o while o read o echo o useradd ……etc…..

This input file called "passwordfile" has these users to be added to my password file:

<Snip>

UID:Name jms:John Smith poi:Peter Inkspot lkj:Linda Jones hgf:Harry Fargo nbv:Nancy Vaughn sdf:Sam Fettucini lkj:Larry Johnson

<Snip>

thanks

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