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Date:      Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:11:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adding Hundreds Of Users
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.980929111107.24338A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809292102490.9599-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>

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On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Dean Hollister wrote:

> > 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.

pw(1) can also be your scripting friend.

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