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).

It\'s eas

Answer 1

usage: ./my_add_user.sh USER PASSWD

code:

#!/bin/bash
# my_add_user.sh

if [ "$#" -lt 2 ] 
 then
       echo "$0 username passwd"
       exit
fi

user=$1
passwd=$2

useradd $user -d /data/home/$user  -m  ;
echo $passwd | passwd $user --stdin;