ray <ray@zianet.com> writes:

> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:11:30 +0100, upro wrote:
>
>> Hi there!
>>
>>
>> I have been generating passwords for users automatically with the
>> following method:
>>
>> /usr/bin/mkpasswd -s 0 -v username
>>
>> I'm the sysadmin on a Slack 10.0 system.
>>
>> The passwords are generated (you have to wait some seconds), and there
>> is actually something written to the /etc/shadow file. But they won't
>> work!
>>
>> Can someone please help me, I have no idea why they should not work!
>>
>> Thank You In Advance,
>
>
> I would suggest you rethink the problem. I always been against generated
> passwords. Why? Because I could never remember the damned things - first
> thing I would always do was write down the password - defeats the security
> it's supposed to enhance.
>

Thanks to both of you!

My actual task was to add automatically some 80 users to a new
system. I'm in the luxury situation of setting up and deploying a
_very_ nice network from scratch, with all the accessoires and
services I desire...

But inventing, copying and pasting some 80 paswords to the shadow file
seems ... rather non-unix like to me... SO I tried to find a
"workaround"...

And now: Any ideas why my line above wouldn't work?

Michael

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