I'm trying to add users via a script using the following command.
The result is that I am only getting a portion of the encrypted password
in the /etc/shadow file. I've tried lots of variations on using ' hard quotes with no luck.
Any help? Thanks.
USER=newuser
PASSWD=`openssl passwd -1 $USER`
echo $PASSWD returns
$1$2DIVvhnL$5aSr5G1O17cQXdG8HshOu.
CMD="useradd -p `openssl passwd -1 $USER` $USER"
or
CMD="useradd -p $PASSWD $USER"
results in the following in /etc/shadow:
newuser:DIVvhnLaSr5G1O17cQXdG8HshOu.:13656:0:99999:7:::
The $1$2 portion of the passwd has been dropped. If there are other special characters in the password string, such as $ or / then the password gets truncated at those points as well.
I've tried variations like
PASSWD=`openssl passwd -1 $USER`
CMD="useradd -p $PASSWD $USER"
CMD="useradd -p ${PASSWD} $USER"
etc.
Thanks
Andrew