Create Linux user and group with Bash /Shell script

In this tutorial you will learn how to create bulk linx user and password using shell script.

Create a user list

#vim userlist

test1

test2

test3

test4

test5

Now, create a script file

#vim useradd.sh

#/bin/bash

for i in `cat /root/userlist`

do

useradd $i

echo "User $i create successfully"

done

give excute permisstion to script file

# chmod o+x user.sh

Now run script

#./ user.sh

As you seen above users created successfully. Now set password for created user.

Create script to generate users password

#vim pass.sh

#!/bin/sh

for i in `cat userlist.txt `

do

echo $i"@123" | passwd --stdin "$i"

echo "Password changed for $i "

done

Note: password for each user is username@123

Now run script to generate password

# chmod o+x pass.sh

#./pass.sh

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