Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 23:00:05 -0700 From: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> To: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca Account)" <kulraj@bosa.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding users - looking for shortcuts Message-ID: <20010815230005.F91674@toldme.com> In-Reply-To: <001501c1260d$334e89e0$0ac8a8c0@kimsamy.com>; from kulraj@bosa.ca on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 09:37:47PM -0700 References: <200108141447.KAA29143@cisco.com> <001501c1260d$334e89e0$0ac8a8c0@kimsamy.com>
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On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 09:37:47PM -0700, Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca Account) wrote:
[...]
> they are all going to have the same initial password.
> Then all I have to do is map username to aliases in virtual table and we
> have a functional e-mail accounts!
>
> Is this going to work or am I asking for headaches? There must be an easier
> way than going through the adduser process 55 times.
Do this in vipw, or edit /etc/master.passwd directly, and then invoke
"pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd"
If you want to be fancy, script something up with pw(8). Something
like:
for n [ 1 2 3 4 5 ]; do
echo "foofoo" | pw useradd user${n} -h 0
done
This way, pw does all the worrying about creating unique UIDs, and
making home directories, and the like.
-danny
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