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Date:      Tue, 29 Sep 1998 21:03:20 +0800 (WST)
From:      Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
To:        Paul Stewart <paul@kawartha.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adding Hundreds Of Users
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809292102490.9599-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980929081610.13974A-100000@shell.kawartha.com>

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On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Paul Stewart wrote:

> Hi there...
> 
> I'm looking for a simple method of adding hundreds of users to a FreeBSD
> box.  I can obtain a listing of username, password (one to each line in a
> text file) by exporting a database on another O/S.  Can this be pumped
> into a simple script or does adduser itself accept complete command line
> variables?

Yes, adduser can be sent a one-line command string.

bash$ man adduser

For more info.

Regards,

d.

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| Dean Hollister,           | dean@mushka.ml.org        |
| Perth, Western Australia. | dean@wa.apana.org.au      |
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