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Subject: Re: pw in script to create new user.
From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 23:52, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:
> I have sh script with this in it
> Pw adduser tom -m -c bkup manager -o
> The /etc/pw.conf has all the defaults, one is to 
> make the password the same as the userid. 
> The -o option will take input from keyboard for the 
> Password but this is a canned script so I need to  
> Some how pass the password value to the pw command -0 option.
> 
> How can I configure the script to hold the password value 
> for that userid so when the pw adduser command is executed 
> the correct password gets used in creating the user?

I sent you this email earlier today.  I said to use the -h 0 option when
scripting pw.

> 
> A example of the script  pw command would be great.

This is what I use from Perl:

# Now, update the password entry.
unless(open(PW, "| /usr/sbin/pw usermod $user -h 0")) {
    carp "Unable to open a pipe to /usr/sbin/pw.\n";
    exit 3;
}

print PW $newPass, "\n";

unless(close PW) {
    carp "/usr/sbin/pw exited on $?: $!\n";
    exit 3;
}

This of course uses pw in the usermod function, but you can easily
modify it to do what you need.  This sets $user's password to $newPass.

Joe

> 
> Thanks
> Joe 
> 
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