useradd in slackware...

roofy · 05-06-2003, 01:38 PM

i really liked the useradd script in slackware 9 does anyone kno where i can find that script so i can put it in red hat

rjethmal · 05-06-2003, 02:39 PM

rjc@jethmal:~# whereis adduser
adduser: /usr/sbin/adduser /usr/man/man8/adduser.8 /usr/share/man/man8/adduser.8
rjc@jethmal:~#

roofy · 05-06-2003, 02:45 PM

is there anyway you can copy and paste the contents here? i kno its a shell script

acid_kewpie · 05-06-2003, 03:13 PM

redhat has useradd.... probably as a bninary and not a script, but it's still there...

trickykid · 05-06-2003, 04:37 PM

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# adduser script for use with shadow passwords and useradd command.
# by Hrvoje Dogan <hdogan@student.math.hr>, Dec 1995.
# Modified by Patrick Volkerding, Oct 1997, Mar 1999, May 2000.

echo
echo -n "Login name for new user []: "
read LOGIN
if [ -z "$LOGIN" ]; then
  echo "Come on, man, you can't leave the login field empty..."
  exit
fi
echo
echo -n "User id for $LOGIN [ defaults to next available]: "
read ID
GUID="-u $ID"
if [ -z "$ID" ]; then
  GUID=""
fi

echo
echo -n "Initial group for $LOGIN [users]: "
read GID

if [ -z "$GID" ]; then
  GID="users"
fi
GGID="-g $GID"

echo
echo "Additional groups for $LOGIN (seperated"
echo -n "with commas, no spaces) []: "
read AGID
GAGID="-G $AGID"
if [ -z "$AGID" ]; then
  GAGID=""
fi

echo
echo -n "$LOGIN's home directory [/home/$LOGIN]: "
read HME
if [ -z "$HME" ]; then
  HME="/home/$LOGIN"
fi
GHME="-d $HME"

echo
echo -n "$LOGIN's shell [/bin/bash]: "
read SHL
GSHL="-s $SHL"
if [ -z "$SHL" ]; then
  GSHL="-s /bin/bash"
  SHL="/bin/bash"
fi

echo
echo -n "$LOGIN's account expiry date (YYYY-MM-DD) []: "
read EXP
GEXP="-e $EXP"
if [ -z "$EXP" ]; then
  GEXP=""
fi
echo
echo "OK, I'm about to make a new account. Here's what you entered so far:"
echo
echo New login name: $LOGIN
if [ -z "$GUID" ]; then
  echo New UID: [Next available]
else
  echo New UID: $UID
fi
if [ -z "$GGID" ]; then
  echo Initial group: users
else
  echo Initial group: $GID
fi
if [ -z "$GAGID" ]; then
  echo Additional groups: [none]
else
  echo Additional groups: $AGID
fi
if [ -z "$GHME" ]; then
  echo Home directory: /home/$LOGIN
else
  echo Home directory: $HME
fi
if [ -z "$GSHL" ]; then
  echo Shell: /bin/bash
else
  echo Shell: $SHL
fi
if [ -z "$GEXP" ]; then
  echo Expiry date: [no expiration]
else
  echo Expiry date: $EXP
fi
echo
echo "This is it... if you want to bail out, hit Control-C.  Otherwise, press"
echo "ENTER to go ahead and make the account."
read FOO
echo
echo Making new account...
/usr/sbin/useradd $GHME -m $GEXP $GGID $GAGID $GSHL $GUID $LOGIN
if [ -d $HME ]; then
  chmod 711 $HME
fi
echo
/usr/bin/chfn $LOGIN
echo
/usr/bin/passwd $LOGIN
echo "Done..."

Should have copied before installing Redhat huh..

Just kidding.

trickykid · 05-06-2003, 04:39 PM

And its actually called adduser and not useradd in Slackware.

roofy · 05-06-2003, 05:53 PM

always confuse em lol

there we go thanks guys

the beauty of open source

roofy · 05-06-2003, 05:56 PM

ok now how do i integrate it into the shell i went to /bin/ and created a file and copied the contents...but it only works when i sh it? how do i make it a command like ls or mv

trickykid · 05-06-2003, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by roofy
ok now how do i integrate it into the shell i went to /bin/ and created a file and copied the contents...but it only works when i sh it? how do i make it a command like ls or mv

chmod +x /bin/<filename>

roofy · 05-06-2003, 06:38 PM

aha! thanks u rock

xcon · 05-28-2003, 04:01 PM

in DOS you make a script by changing the .TXT to .BAT... in *nix it's just a matter of giving it execute permission... i like it a lot!!

note: the #!/bin/sh at the beginning tells the system what to run it with, in this case /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash. after all it's a bash script, yes? perl scripts start with #!/bin/perl or #!/usr/bin/perl or something and python is the same way... if you're in bash and you try to run a perl script that has no #!/bin/nnn, bash will probably try to run it (it's your shell!) and choke on the syntax, anyone want to confirm that?