Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 01:48:51 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: ScaryG <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: adduser in a perl script question Message-ID: <20011229014851.H93411@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20011228101438.187f0eb0.freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>; from freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu on Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 10:14:38AM -0500 References: <20011228101438.187f0eb0.freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
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On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 10:14:38AM -0500, ScaryG wrote:
> 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`;
Nope. There are a lot of options used there that don't exist.
> 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.
adduser(8) is intended for interactive use, not in scripts...
> I need to set
> the password which is why I'm not using pw.
pw(8) is the tool to use for scripts.
> 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?
As someone else pointed out,
# echo "$password" | pw add user "$username" -h 0
Is a trivial example.
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