On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 10:53:18AM -0600, Tim Wilson (wilson at visi.com) wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I need to create about 2,000 user accounts, one for each student at our high > school. Their username will be their student id and I'll need to create a > random password too. (But I also need to be able to print out a little slip > of paper for each student that gives them their password.) Unix dosnt like usernames that are all numbers. Some systems dont like usernames that dont start with a lowercase letter.. just be careful when you make your accounts based off student ids.. > Obviously I plan to script this, but I wonder if there are any words of > wisdom out there from more experienced admins than I. Are there some good > tools/scripts available? I will roll my own otherwise. Check the TCLUG archives on this.. this questions pops up from time to time. Jay -- Jay Kline http://www.slushpupie.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list