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

The solution that works on both Debian and Red Hat. Depends on perl, uses sha-512 hashes:

cat userpassadd
    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    salt=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9/_- | head -c16)
    useradd -p $(perl -e "print crypt('$2', '\$6\$' . '$salt' . '\$')") $1

Usage:

userpassadd jim jimslongpassword

It can effectively be used as a one-liner, but you'll have to specify the password, salt and username at the right places yourself:

useradd -p $(perl -e "print crypt('pass', '\$6\$salt\$')") username