passwd: unrecognized option '--stdin' error on Debian

[balasahu]

I am using Debian. I am learning Bash scripting. I am creating a script that creates new user and sets password the problem is I get

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passwd: unrecognized option '--stdin'

error.

That is my script:

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#!/bin/bash
read -p "Please Enter Your Real Name: " REAL_NAME 
read -p "Please Enter Your User Name: " USER_NAME 
useradd -c "${COMMENT}" -m ${USER_NAME} 
read -p "Please Enter Your Password: " PASSWORD
echo ${PASSWORD} | passwd --stdin ${USER_NAME}
passwd -e ${USER_NAME}

[arzgi]

Would you kindly show your script?

[peter_irich]

For "-stdin" using you must use "openssl passwd", man openssl.
Don't do it, use ordinary /bin/passwd.

Peter.