Fwd: script

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 30 August 2013 04:02:08 jiten jha did opine:

> Hello ,
> 
> I want 100 users with different name like users = a , b ,c ,d and the
> password of user 'a' is a and user 'b' is b.
> 
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > On Friday 30 August 2013 02:34:08 jiten jha did opine:
> > > Dear Friends,
> > > 
> > > I want to add 100 users in my ubuntu server I have a scrip but when
> > > i run script it is adding user but asking password. So can you
> > > check my scrip and modify it so that when I run it . It will not 
> > > ask password .
> > > 
That makes more sense.

Your script then will need to do something like 
	su $user -c "passwd=$user"
in order to be that $user to set that $user's passwd.

> > > I want same username and same password.
> > > 
> > > Like :
> > >  username = jiten
> > > 
> > > password = jiten

You realize of course that doing so is essentially zero inter-user 
security. Someone logged into his $HOME dir could do an ls ../ and 
instantly have not only every username, but also that users passwd.
If he can gain root, he owns the machine.  Probably in about 15 seconds.


> > I looked at your script, but the whole concept seems flawed to me.
> > 
> > In any *nix, usernames and passwords s/b unique, and this seems doomed
> > to fail as it would appear to just recreate the same user 100 times
> > and you would wind up with only 1 actual user, if it could but I
> > don't think it can without reporting an already exists error for the
> > last 99.
> > 
> > Perhaps someone could offer constructive advice if we knew why you
> > needed 100 users all named alike, with identical passwords.
> > 
> > Cheers, Gene
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Cheers, Gene
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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My views 
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is concerned.
A pen in the hand of this president is far more
dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of
         law-abiding citizens.