LinuxQuestions.org - add several users

This depends on the number of users you want to add. If there are 10 - 20 users, the "by hand" sollution ist acceptable. Everything above would need a script and a "database" (csv-file).

Code:

username;password in clear-text;homedir;Mailaddress;all other things you need

For a pure-ftpd with ab puredb-database for user authentication it will fit. This will be no a fine thing, but if you only use it for one time, you could use a script like this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash



for row in `cat <csv-file>` 

do

  NAME=`echo $row | cut -f1 -d";"`

  # Do here anything you need

  pure-pw useradd $NAME -d $HOMEDIR -g $GID -u $UID -m << EOF

$PASSWORD

$PASSWORD

EOF

  if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]

  then

    echo "User $NAME addes successfully."

  else

    echo "Error adding user $NAME."

  fi

done

I do not know your webmail-programm to add users, but this should work fine.

Hope this helps!

Hela