[K12OSN] Setpassword in smldap-useradd-bulk

[Brian Chivers]

Kevin Verheyen wrote:
> Is there a possibilty to preset passwords for all users created by  the 
> smbldap-useradd-bulk script?
> 
> I' ve tried to make my userinfo.names file in the format
> 
> Kevin,Verheyen,kverheyen,566,secret
> 
> but the script still automagicly creates a random password...
> Any ideas?
> 
> Kevin
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You should be able to preset them in the userinfo.in file, as per the instructions.

If your file contains

firstname,surname,username,GID,shell,home directory,password

you should be able to run

smbldap-useradd-bulk -f userinfo.in -o userinfo.out

And it reads the file for all the info. If you don't want to include any of the field just leave 
them blank but I usually populate them all except for password, as I generate my userinfo.in file 
from a spreadsheet it quite easy just to include the other files like shell etc.

Brian

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