A simple Bash file for importing SAMBA users from a file
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I need a a bash file that will import samba ...<SNIP>...
This should loop through each line from the CSV file in turn and execute this command automatically for me.
Any ideas?
This is quick and dirty with no error checking. There are far better ways of doing this, but this will suffice or at least give you a place to start from.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
CSVFILE=/home/bob/filename.csv
SLAU=`which smbldap-adduser`
for i in `cat $CSVFILE|sed 's/, /,/g'`; do
UN=`echo $i | cut -f1 -d','`
PW=`echo $i | cut -f2 -d','`
echo $SLAU $UN -P $PW
done
I left the echo in there so you could give it a test run with no danger, take the echo out and it will execute what it displayed during the test runs for real.
#!/bin/bash
CSVFILE=/home/acep/Desktop/Import_Export/smbUsers.csv
SLAU=`which smbldap-useradd`
for i in `cat $CSVFILE|sed 's/, /,/g'`; do
UN=`echo $i | cut -f1 -d','`
#PW=`echo $i | cut -f2 -d','`
$SLAU -a -m $UN
done
1. Change CSVFILE=/home/acep/Desktop/Import_Export/smbUsers.csv to the location of your csv file
Should work OK
Try putting an echo in front of the $SLAU
eg:
Code:
echo $SLAU -a -m $UN
Should give you a bit of diagnostic information on what is occurring... my initial guess would be you don't have 'which' or you don't have smbldap-useradd in your path.
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