On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 07:12:49AM +0100, Jez Hancock wrote: > I'm attempting to use pw adduser to add a new user to the system and > would like confirmation that the following is the correct way to set > the user's password at the same time: > > echo "password" | \ > pw adduser -q -h - -u user -g group -s shell -d /home/user -c comment
I usually just add a user with pw, then use passwd to set a password.
That might be easier, not to mention looking (slightly) more elegant:
pw adduser -q -u user -g group -s shell -d /home/user -c comment
passwd user $passwd
> Can anyone also tell me the security implications of doing this, given
> that the command is executed from a within a script (actually php but
> this is more-or-less irrelevant)?
I don't know, but I'd check how PHP does logging -- you really want to
obfuscate your chosen method of setting the password, if it's gonna go
down in the log...
Sorry I can't help more,
-lewiz.
--
"I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat."
-- Will Rogers
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| msn:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | jab:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | url:http://lewiz.net |-
pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature
