From: Carsten Aulbert <carsten@welcomes-you.com>
To: "Mário Gamito" <gamito@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Creating password for command on the fly
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:49:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <482D58AE.1070800@welcomes-you.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <91df29a20805160135l2d811216rcecf9aa1ad8eee4e@mail.gmail.com>
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
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-16 9:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-16 8:35 Creating password for command on the fly Mário Gamito
2008-05-16 8:59 ` terry white
2008-05-16 9:12 ` Adam T. Bowen
2008-05-16 9:49 ` Carsten Aulbert [this message]
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