>Hello,
>I need to add a large (~700) number of users to linux for use as a
>mailserver. I really have no scripting knowledge whatsoever. My >boss
>doesn't believe that Linux can handle our email (we are using NT >and
>SLmail *cringe* right now). I have setup the server, but I need a way >to
>add all the users over. SLmail will export all the information to a text
>file, whereas the accounts are listed as such:
>jsmith,John Smith,mypass,jsmith.mbx
>So he has the username of "jsmith", fullname of "John Smith", >password
>of "mypass" and the jsmith.mbx is just the mailbox location, which >would
>not be needed.
This could be done with some kind of script. The a adduser and passwd
programs available that don't require userinput. Try looking at perl.
I also believe that sendmail and the POP3 deamon can handle .mbx files.....
>I am sure that something could be worked out to just adduser ><username>
>then passwd <username> to do all of them, but I don;t know how to >do
>this. Any ideas to help a Linux geek convert a company over from >NT? :)
>Thanks!
>Bryan
Igmar
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