Re: How do create a user with a bashscript

[Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net>]

A B <gentosaker(at)gmail(dot)com> schrieb:

> Hi.
> I want to create a user with the  createuser  command and supply the
> password at the command line in a script, like this
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> createuser  myuser
> 
> but I want to supply a password on the command line, is that possible?
> The docs tells me no, but does anyone know of a workaround?

Maybe with expect(1):

NAME
       expect - programmed dialogue with interactive programs, Version 5

SYNOPSIS
       expect [ -dDinN ] [ -c cmds ] [ [ -[f|b] ] cmdfile ] [ args ]

INTRODUCTION
       Expect  is  a program that "talks" to other interactive programs according to a script.  Following the script, Expect knows what can be expected
       from a program and what the correct response should be.  An interpreted language provides branching and high-level control structures to  direct
       the dialogue.  In addition, the user can take control and interact directly when desired, afterward returning control to the script.



Andreas
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