script help

[theduffer]

Hi folks ,
im new to ubuntu and im attempting to write a script that allows the su to create a new users account and home folder. the script encounters problems when i attempt to set a default password such as "password" for each new user.I keep being requisted to input a unix password. the script is as follows

echo "enter username"
read username

useradd -g its3 -e 2006-06-01 -m $username
passwd $username "password"


any help is appreciated

[cmptrguru7]

You may want to try using a program called expect. It will allow you to write a script that deals with the prompts.