bashcommand-line-interfacelinuxUbuntuuseradd
Just wondering if it's possible to pass the password I want to use to the adduser command in ubuntu, so that it can be automated.
I want to do something like this
echo "password" | adduser test
This would eliminate the need to fill out the form needed for the adduser command and set the password, "password", for the "test" user.
If you're using Bash, you can run disown -h job
disown [-ar] [-h] [jobspec ...]Without options, each jobspec is removed from the table of active jobs. If the
-hoption is given, the job is not removed from the table, but is marked so that SIGHUP is not sent to the job if the shell receives a SIGHUP. If jobspec is not present, and neither the-anor-roption is supplied, the current job is used. If no jobspec is supplied, the-aoption means to remove or mark all jobs; the-roption without a jobspec argument restricts operation to running jobs.
Best Answer
You cannot do this with the
addusercommand, however you can with the underlyinguseraddcommand, if you have the crypted version of the password:You will likely want to include other options on the useradd command line, to set up groups, etc. Read the useradd(8) man page for details.
You could also do this with
usermod, after having usedadduserto initially create the account, if that's easier for you.