Script to create users on NIS master server
I would like to add a new user to a system using script, including building thehome directory of the user, copying its default config data, etc.For a standard Unix/Linux system, not Mac OS X.
There is something wrong with the script below. When I run it, it gives some errors. I am not good in scripting.
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pwfile="/var/yp/control_files/passwd"
gfile="/etc/group"
hdir="/vol2/home"
if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ] ; then
echo "Error: You must be root to run this command." >&2
exit 1
fi
echo "Add new user account to $(hostname)"
echo -n "login: "; read login
# adjust '5000' to match the top end of your user account namespace
# because some system accounts have uid's like 65535 and similar.
echo -n "uid: " ; read uid
#uid="$(awk -F: '{ if (big < $3 && $3 < 5000) big=$3 } END { print big + 1 }' $p
wfile)"
homedir=$hdir/$login
# we are giving each user their own group, so gid=uid
gid=10
echo -n "full name: " ; read fullname
shell=sh
echo "Setting up account $login for $fullname..."
echo ${login}:x:${uid}:${gid}:${fullname}:${homedir}:$shell >> $pwfile
#echo ${login}:*:11647:0:99999:7::: >> $shadowfile
echo "${login}:x:${gid}:$login" >> $gfile
mkdir $homedir
cp -R /etc/skel/.[a-zA-Z]* $homedir
chmod 755 $homedir
find $homedir -print | xargs chown ${login}:$login
# setting an initial password
#passwd $login
exit
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