using mkpasswd in a script non-interactively
Jeff Rancier
the mkuser command? I looked at the documentation for mkpasswd, but I
don't think that's what I want. My installation script is run
remotely in a store chain, and one of the customers requirements is
the script be non-interactive. I guess I'd like to do something like:
#!/bin/sh
USER=newuser
PASS=newpass
mkuser $USER > /dev/null 2>&1
MKUSER_STATUS=$?
case $MKUSER_STATUS
in
0) echo "$USER created successfullly.";;
17) echo "$USER Already exists."
exit 1;;
22) echo "$USER invalid name format."
exit 1;;
86) echo "$USER name too long."
exit 1;;
127) echo "Insufficient securities."
exit 1;;
*) echo "$USER not created."
exit 1;;
esac
echo $PASS > `passwd $USER`
Pardon my syntax, as I'm sure it's incorrect, but you get the gist.
The systems are running 4.2 and 4.3.
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Thanks,
Jeff
Nicholas Dronen
JR> Is there anyway to create and set a password for new user created by
JR> the mkuser command? I looked at the documentation for mkpasswd, but I
JR> don't think that's what I want. My installation script is run
JR> remotely in a store chain, and one of the customers requirements is
JR> the script be non-interactive. I guess I'd like to do something like:
Mkpasswd is used to create DBM files for a system that has such
a large number of users that searching, say, /etc/passwd for a user
entry (which is a fairly common operation) takes too long.
I'd suggest reading this post:
Some people also use expect for this.
Regards,
Nicholas
P.S. The reason your approach won't work is that the passwd command
opens /dev/tty directly, bypassing stdin.
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