Batch creating linux accounts

[Stéphane Bruno]

Why not? I am ready to explore the different alternatives I could have. 
For example, is there a way to force passwd to setup a password for an 
account in an uninteractive way?

Stéphane

Chris Norman wrote:

>Some sort of bash script?
>
>HTH,
>
>Chris Norman
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Stéphane Bruno" <sbruno at rddh.org.ht>
>To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:32 AM
>Subject: Batch creating linux accounts
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I need to create about 3000 user accounts on a Linux box (Fedora Core 4
>or Red Hat Enterprise Linux). Is there a tool that allows you to create
>those accounts programmatically, with the usernames and passwords taken
>from a text file, for example?
>
>Thanks,
>Stéphane
>
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