you can add a new user with adduser then set the password with passwd command. roberto Il dom, 2003-11-09 alle 19:41, romildo@xxxxxxxxxxx ha scritto: > Hello. > > What command(s) should I use in order to > add a new user to my system (from a bash > script) and specify a default (not null) > password for this user? > > I see that the command "useradd" does have > the "-p passwd" option, but the "passwd" > should be encrypted, as returned by crypt(3). > Then how can I obtain the encrypted password? > > Any clues? > > Romildo > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- /** * Roberto Pallucchini * * e-mail: r.pallucchini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx * web : www.palluk.ig3.net */ $Id: Poewred by Fedora Core 1