adding many users

[Tom Kovalcik <kovalcik orion-design com>]

Hi,

I am proposing setting up a grade school with a computer lab using 24 linux 
machines (actually the WalMart $200 Lindows machines) serving about 200 
users. My initial idea is to setup a redhat server for the home directories 
and use NIS for login authentication. Up until now, I have only set up 
systems with around 10 users. Should I approach a large user base any 
differently? Is there a quick way to add users and generate random 
passwords for each user?

Thanks for your input.