Re: Creating password for command on the fly
Carsten Aulbert <[email protected]>
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Mário Gamito wrote: > Hi, > > I have this command to create an FTP account: > > # pure-pw useradd mario -u 502 -g 502 -n 1000 -N 200 -d /home/pages/gamito > > This command asks for the password twice. > > I need to pass the password (preferably without expect) so I can > create the account without prompting. > > If i run: > > # echo secret | pure-pw useradd mario -u 502 -g 502 -n 1000 -N 200 -d > /home/pages/gamito > > It reads the first insertion, but asks for the second. Have you tried 'yes'? "yes PASSWORD" will output PASSWORD as many times as possible until STDIN is closed. Cheers Carsten -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html