Re: How do create a user with a bashscript

2008/9/19 Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net>:
> A B <gentosaker(at)gmail(dot)com> schrieb:
>
>> Hi.
>> I want to create a user with the createuser command and supply the
>> password at the command line in a script, like this
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> createuser myuser
>>
>> but I want to supply a password on the command line, is that possible?
>> The docs tells me no, but does anyone know of a workaround?
>
> Maybe with expect(1):
>
> NAME
> expect - programmed dialogue with interactive programs, Version 5
>
> SYNOPSIS
> expect [ -dDinN ] [ -c cmds ] [ [ -[f|b] ] cmdfile ] [ args ]
>
> INTRODUCTION
> Expect is a program that "talks" to other interactive programs according to a script. Following the script, Expect knows what can be expected
> from a program and what the correct response should be. An interpreted language provides branching and high-level control structures to direct
> the dialogue. In addition, the user can take control and interact directly when desired, afterward returning control to the script.
>
>
>
> Andreas

I managed to do it by calling psql and setting the password in the
command (with -c option). Took some time to figure out that I had to
use the template1 database when connecting.