How to automatically add user account AND password with a Bash script?

Question

I need to have the ability to create user accounts on my Linux (Fedora 10) and automatically assign a password via a bash script(or otherwise, if need be).

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Answer 1

I've tested in my own shell script.

• $new_username means newly created user
• $new_password means newly password

For CentOS

echo "$new_password" | passwd --stdin "$new_username"

For Debian/Ubuntu

echo "$new_username:$new_password" | chpasswd

For OpenSUSE

echo -e "$new_password\n$new_password" | passwd "$new_username"