Re: adduser on a Linux Redhat 7
| From: | Alex Black | Date: | Fri, 29 Dec 2000 01:11:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: adduser on a Linux Redhat 7 | ||
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>> how can i make a script to adduser to a linux redhat 7?
>
> That would be extremely dangerous unless you *really* know what you are
> doing.
heh, I can't think of anything less secure, actually.
maybe passwd as root :)
> You should only do this on a secure server.
at home. with no connection to the outside world. behind a steel door that
is locked most of the time.
> You should be very, very, very careful about who has access to the page that
> creates the user.
> You probably can't even exec() adduser, because the OS knows you're not on a
> real terminal, and the underlying code to get a password should only be done
> under controlled circumstances (IE a "real" terminal)... So I think you
> might need to alter the underlying files/directories by hand just to "fool"
> the OS into thinking adduser was called... That means you'll need to get
> the password and encrypt it using the same encryption method that your OS
> uses, which depends on what got installed.
>
> Be afraid. Be very afraid.
well said :)
>
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