Batch creating linux accounts

Tue Jan 17 14:34:59 UTC 2006

2006/1/17, Stéphane Bruno <sbruno at rddh.org.ht>:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need to create about 3000 user accounts on a Linux box (Fedora Core 4
> or Red Hat Enterprise Linux). Is there a tool that allows you to create
> those accounts programmatically, with the usernames and passwords taken
> from a text file, for example?
>
> Thanks,
> Stéphane
>
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why not use ldap or another more professional approach? after you settuped
your active directory you can just run system-config-authentication and have
them imported.

regards,
rudolf kastl
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