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Probably a good thing, but this pretty generic, and contains no corporate secrets. I've updated the paste bin with a newer version that accepts arguments and displays a usage message: http://pastebin.com/wcTxUd5B If you want I can email you the script directly? On 3 May 2012 14:59, COX Derek <derek....@alstom.com> wrote: > No feedback from me – corporate firewall blocks pastebin.com ! > > > > *From:* peterboro-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto: > peterboro-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] *On Behalf Of *Richard Forth > *Sent:* 03 May 2012 14:43 > *To:* Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > *Subject:* [Peterboro] BASH CODING: Bulk User and Group Adder > > > > Hi Peeps, > > I wanted to share with you a working BASH script that basically takes a > textfile that looks kinda like this: > > sales:mark,sally,dave,sue,steve > marketing:jason,philip,eric,steve > ... > > and processes each line - lets take the first line as example: > > Checks to see if sales exists already in /etc/group > If not creates it. > then checks to see if each user exists, if they do > it checks to see if they are already in the group, > if not it adds it to the group > if the user doesnt exist it creates the user and assigns a random 8 > character password, then adds it to the group. > If you want one particular user to be in more than one group thats ok just > add it to whatever line for that group (see steve in the example). > > Its only 49 lines of code, including documentation notes. > > Probably totally impractical in real life but it was an exercise in bash > coding, with this aim in mind. > > If anyone wants a copy, I've created a public pastebin: > http://pastebin.com/uPxsZcGr > > the textfile was originally called bugalist > > > 8 for line in `cat bugalist` > > > You can probably modify line 8 to be $1 or set up some code to check for > arguments etc, which I now realise I missed out, and didnt document either > (damn). > > Anyway just in case you wonder what "bugalist" was: > > ~/Dev_Area/bash $ cat bugalist > u5:john,tessa,richard,steve > u6:dorris,erran,jason,steve > ~/Dev_Area/bash $ > > Sample output: > ~/Dev_Area/bash $ sudo ./buga > =========== > Processing Line: > u5:john,tessa,richard,steve > =========== > Creating group 'u5' ... > Members: john,tessa,richard,steve > Creating user 'john' ... > Password for user 'john' set to: vM6oElDG > Adding user 'john' to group 'u5' ... > uid=1002(john) gid=1003(john) > groups=1003(john),1002(u5) > > Creating user 'tessa' ... > Password for user 'tessa' set to: t9jt2uRR > Adding user 'tessa' to group 'u5' ... > uid=1003(tessa) gid=1004(tessa) > groups=1004(tessa),1002(u5) > > Creating user 'richard' ... > Password for user 'richard' set to: vZddQN4g > Adding user 'richard' to group 'u5' ... > uid=1004(richard) gid=1005(richard) > groups=1005(richard),1002(u5) > > Creating user 'steve' ... > Password for user 'steve' set to: RG8fdZjG > Adding user 'steve' to group 'u5' ... > uid=1005(steve) gid=1006(steve) > groups=1006(steve),1002(u5) > > =========== > Processing Line: > u6:dorris,erran,jason,steve > =========== > Creating group 'u6' ... > Members: dorris,erran,jason,steve > Creating user 'dorris' ... > Password for user 'dorris' set to: qDTgCcxn > Adding user 'dorris' to group 'u6' ... > uid=1006(dorris) gid=1008(dorris) > groups=1008(dorris),1007(u6) > > Creating user 'erran' ... > Password for user 'erran' set to: JOL47SrN > Adding user 'erran' to group 'u6' ... > uid=1007(erran) gid=1009(erran) > groups=1009(erran),1007(u6) > > Creating user 'jason' ... > Password for user 'jason' set to: 3UG416G6 > Adding user 'jason' to group 'u6' ... > uid=1008(jason) gid=1010(jason) > groups=1010(jason),1007(u6) > > User 'steve' already exists. > Adding user 'steve' to group 'u6' ... > uid=1005(steve) gid=1006(steve) > groups=1006(steve),1002(u5),1007(u6) > > > Enjoy! > > Feedback welcome. > > Enjoy! > Rich > > > > > > ------------------------------ > CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may > be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender > immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for > any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >
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