Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:41:31 +0100 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Agus <agus.262@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Non Interactive passwd change via script.... Message-ID: <4613B91B.5000104@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <fda61bb50704040644u571918e0m7871d760907bd318@mail.gmail.com> References: <fda61bb50704031557s19cec5ccw4cdb10265aa8b6c4@mail.gmail.com> <4612E800.3010408@daleco.biz> <fda61bb50704031714w7e7eb78cg9a2a7d05ae284952@mail.gmail.com> <4612F4BA.3030704@daleco.biz> <fda61bb50704040644u571918e0m7871d760907bd318@mail.gmail.com>
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Agus wrote: <snip> > > > OK..thanks for the heads up about responding.... > > The problem isnt adding the user....i ve done that......the problem is > creating the password for the user as i tried to say in the first email... > Assuming you dont mean actually generating the password maybe you need the -h fd flag to pw or more specificly (from the manpage) pw will prompt for the user's password if -h 0 is given, nominating stdin as the file descriptor on which to read the password. Note that this password will be read only once and is intended for use by a script rather than for interactive use. so something like echo PASSWD | pw add user wibble -h 0 will create a user wibble with password of PASSWD or echo $PASSWORD | pw add user $USERNAME -h 0 setting $PASSWORD and $USERNAME as needed. Vince > thanks kevin, > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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