Re: expect and adduser

$ useradd --help
useradd: invalid option -- -
usage: useradd  [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...] 
                [-d home] [-s shell] [-c comment] [-m [-k template]]
                [-f inactive] [-e expire ] [-p passwd] [-M] [-n] [-r] 
+name
       useradd  -D [-g group] [-b base] [-s shell]
                [-f inactive] [-e expire ]
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Note the -p option. (Yes, I am aware of the theoretical risks -- if that worries you, umount /proc).

Perl --((8:>*

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Re^2: expect and adduser by marvell (Pilgrim) on Oct 14, 2005 at 11:33 UTC
I have to use adduser becuase of the --firstuid option -- Steve Marvell	[reply]
Re^3: expect and adduser by merlyn (Sage) on Oct 14, 2005 at 11:39 UTC
But that's just a math problem. Long before we had all these fancy interactive user adding gadgets, I was writing automated tools to add users (with no interaction) in Perl version 3(!). I find it odd that you're trying to take a tool that was meant to be more handholding and interactive and make it less interactive. {grin} -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]
Re^3: expect and adduser by Perl Mouse (Chaplain) on Oct 14, 2005 at 12:15 UTC
On my system, adduser is just a symlink to useradd. And it doesn't have a firstuid option. However, if no uid is supplied on the command line, it picks the first available uid above 99, and above any other user. If I were to write such a tool (and I've done so in the past), I'd just open `/etc/passwd` and `/etc/shadow` for append (if needed `/etc/group` as well) and write the necessary lines. But that's just me. Or I use useradd/adduser to setup everything, but the password, and require the user to visit my office and type in his/her password. `Perl --((8:>*`	[reply]