How to automatically add user account AND password with a Bash script?

Question

I need to have the ability to create user accounts on my Linux (Fedora 10) and automatically assign a password via a bash script(or otherwise, if need be). It's easy to create the user via Bash e.g.: ``` [whoever@server ]# /usr/sbin/useradd newuser ``` Is it possible to assign a password in Bash, something functionally similar to this, but automatically: ``` [whoever@server ]# passwd newuser Changing password for user testpass. New UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. [whoever@server ]# ```

Accepted Answer

You can run the passwd command and send it piped input. So, do something like:

```
echo thePassword | passwd theUsername --stdin
```

How to automatically add user account AND password with a Bash script?

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