Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:14:38 -0500 From: ScaryG <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: adduser in a perl script question Message-ID: <20011228101438.187f0eb0.freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
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Hi Gang. I'm trying to automate the creation of a new user in a perl5 script. The following does not work: $error = `/usr/sbin/adduser -shell $shell -fullname $name -password $password -username $username -home /home/$name`; This runs as root and the variables are populated in advance. I've read the man(8) page for adduser but it's not helping. I need to set the password which is why I'm not using pw. The man pages for pw talk about a pipe for the password but there are no examples. I'm hoping somebody else out there can toss me a pointer or two to make this work? Thanks in advance... gf To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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