useradd

lukesc · 08-07-2009, 02:17 PM

I know that there is a file called /etc/default/useradd and you can specify certain defaults. For example you can put files into /etc/skel and it would copy those files into /home/user/ when "user" is created.

Is there any way to run a particular script when a user is created? Like append a virtual host configuration to apache when a user is created?

acid_kewpie · 08-07-2009, 03:19 PM

sure, just wrap that command with your own script.

lukesc · 08-07-2009, 07:18 PM

Well... that's what I ended up doing. I was hoping there was another way to do it. Oh well.

acid_kewpie · 08-07-2009, 11:55 PM

why would you want / need another way?? There are other ways, like watching for changes in the passwd file or periodically scanning all user directories and ensuring they are all correctly configured i guess, none as good was just wrapping useradd in the first place.

lukesc · 08-11-2009, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

why would you want / need another way?? There are other ways, like watching for changes in the passwd file or periodically scanning all user directories and ensuring they are all correctly configured i guess, none as good was just wrapping useradd in the first place.

Wrapping it is the best way. I just thought there might be some kind of parameter to make useradd run a script after an account was created.