Re: Automating User Creation

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From: Shane Seymour
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 00:00

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Grant Cotton wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I was wondering if there was some script out there I could use to add 200
> or so users onto our internet server running Linux 1.2.13. I've tried
> redirecting input and piping into 'adduser' without success. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Grant Cotton
> Technology Support, Wesley College, Melbourne
> voice: (03) 9881 5300   fax: (03) 9803 0851

Grant,

Write a script to read the file and call adduser, it would take about 10-15
min at most to do it.

Shane

Tip of the year - use the korn shell

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