BASH 1 script

johnnyoi · 11-22-2005, 08:41 AM

hi all, does anyone know how to write a bash1 script that creates users, based on info from configuration files?

Or a link to a site with such information would be great.

Thank you,

John

prabuayyappan · 11-22-2005, 09:04 AM

which configuration file you mean.

johnnyoi · 11-22-2005, 10:00 AM

just a plain text file that has usernames, passwords, and password policies.

prabuayyappan · 11-22-2005, 11:10 AM

here is a sample script
----------------user.conf -----------------
name:user1
passwd:user11
name:user2
passwd:user22

---------------------------useradd.sh-----------
#!/bin/bash
i=0
while read line
do
array[$i]=`echo $line | awk -F ":" '{print $2}'`
let i=$i+1
done < user.conf
for j in `seq 0 2 $(($i-1))`
do
/usr/sbin/useradd ${array[$j]} -p ${array[$(($j+1))]}
done