newusers

creates multiple users at once

TLDR

Create users from file

$ newusers [users.txt]

Read from stdin

$ echo "[user:password:uid:gid:gecos:home:shell]" | newusers

Crypt method

$ newusers -c [SHA512] [users.txt]

System defaults

$ newusers -r [users.txt]

SYNOPSIS

newusers [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

newusers creates multiple users at once. It reads user data from a file.The tool processes passwd-format entries. Batch user creation for administrators.

PARAMETERS

FILE

File with user entries.

-c METHOD

Encryption method.

-r

Create system accounts.

--help

Display help information.

INSTALL

sudo apt install passwd

sudo pacman -S shadow

sudo apk add shadow

sudo zypper install shadow

nix profile install nixpkgs#shadow

CAVEATS

Requires root. Specific file format. Passwords in plaintext during input.

HISTORY

newusers is part of shadow-utils, providing batch user creation on Unix systems.