adduser via cli

[kalex]

Hey,

i'm trying to add a user via cli and running into a problem.

i use this command:

adduser username -p password

command completes successfully but user is unable to login

but if after i create a user with that command and then do this:

passwd username

password

password

after this command completes, same user is able to login.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Alex

[Michelle_Laveri · Accepted solution]

By design. Users created this way are automatically disabled by the system...

If you use kickstart scripts to automate your installation you can create users from the command-line using Md5 encryption like this:

useradd -p '$1$5a17$In5zYe6YsCty76AycpGaf/' -c "Mike Laverick" lavericm

where the long string represents the password. Users created this way are enabled by default...

Regards

Mike

[kalex]

Thanks Mike

exactly what i was looking for.

is there tool that would let you create MD5 encryption so i can choose different password than password

thanks

alex

[Michelle_Laveri]

Never really looked for a method...

I create a user - set the password - and then look for the md5 hash in the /etc/passwd file...

I did a quick look and found this:

http://webnet77.com/cgi-bin/helpers/md5.pl

Perhaps that would help?

Regards

Mike

[virtech]

Not sure if this is the best method, but you can use the folllowing command on your ESX server to generate a new MD5 password.

/sbin/grub-md5-crypt

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_44_573.shtm

[henrydenhengst]

I got the same problem.

user: /sbin/grub-md5-crypt

got the password returned, and copy pasted into the suggested commandline..

/usr/sbin/useradd -p '$1$JYg0L$BJkXKAnvSP1yGGcn9lXMg/' -c "Admin Global" AdminGlobal

Result: Can NOT get into the system on this account.