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How to create a user with given password on SuSE from command line?

I need to create bunch of new users with given password. What I want is a script that I would pass the user name of new user and it will create/add the user and set its password. (the password is the ...
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How do I set the password of a new user after the account has already been created?

I used the 'useradd' command to create a new account, but I did so without specifying the password. Now, when the user tries to log in, it asks him for a password. If I didn't set it up initially, ...
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Error when I want to create a user on FreeBSD

I'm trying to run FreeBSD (.iso) in a virtual VMWare machine. The useradd command gives me an error: # useradd pstnc useradd: Command not found Why is that? The command is correct and very simple, ...
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Why is sudo telling me my password is wrong?

I recently installed OpenBSD 4.9 in my computer, so I could learn a little bit about Unix-like operating systems. I added a new user to the system called bruno. Ok. When I use the 'sudo' command, it ...
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Not able to set password in ArchLinux

I logged in as root and created a new account: # useradd -d /home/onie -m onie # su onie Now I try to set the password for onie myself using the passwd command, but it's asking for my current ...