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From: maurice@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au
Subject: Re: Adduser script
Message-ID: <1994Oct30.224035.2470@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au>
Organization: Computer Science, Monash University, Australia
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 22:40:35 GMT
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Paul Quinn (p_quinn@ECE.Concordia.CA) wrote:
: I am looking for the adduser script.
: Thanks in advance,
: ________
: Paul Quinn
Here is a version of an adduser script that I use for my FreeBSD 1.1R systems.
It has been adapted from others work and consists of two files to simplify
the process.
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# This is a shell archive. Save it in a file, remove anything before
# this line, and then unpack it by entering "sh file". Note, it may
# create directories; files and directories will be owned by you and
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# This archive contains:
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# addentry
# adduser
#
echo x - addentry
sed 's/^X//' >addentry << 'END-of-addentry'
X#!/bin/sh
Xsleep 1
Xcat /tmp/passwdentree >> $1
END-of-addentry
echo x - adduser
sed 's/^X//' >adduser << 'END-of-adduser'
X#!/bin/sh
X#
X# add user script for use with 386bsd
X# arguments: uname uid gid fullname homedir shell
X#
X# bmyers@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu
X#
X# Modified by M. Castro
X#
X# to execute type:
X# sh add_user [uname] [uid] [gid] ["full name"] [homedir] [shell]
X
Xmyname=`basename $0`
XPasswd=/etc/passwd
XPATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Xexport PATH
X# check for root
Xif [ "`whoami`x" != "root"x ]; then
X echo "You must be root to do $myname!"
X exit 1
Xfi
X
X# check for number of args
X# Change to 5 if the directories are going to be in the same place
X# ie. no homedir option given to the program
X
Xif [ $# -ne 6 ]; then
X echo "${myname}: invalid number of arguments"
X echo " usage: ${myname} uname uid gid \"fullname\" homedir shell"
X exit 1
Xfi
X
X# put args into named variables
Xuname=$1
Xuid=$2
Xgid=$3
Xfullname=$4
Xhomedir=$5 # If all directories are going to be in the same place
Xshell=$6 # Then change homedir=$5 to homedir=/DIR/../$1 ie: /DIR/../UNAME
X # homedir will be assumed on each call
X
X# checks for validity of arguments
X# check uid
Xif test $uid -lt 10 ; then
X echo "uid: uid must be greater than 10 and less than 60000"
X exit 1
Xelif test $uid -gt 60000 ; then
X echo "uid: uid must be greater than 10 and less than 60000"
X exit 1
Xfi
X
X# check gid
Xif test $gid -lt 10 ; then
X echo "gid: gid must be greater than 10 and less than 60000"
X exit 1
Xelif test $gid -gt 60000 ; then
X echo "gid: gid must be greater than 10 and less than 60000"
X exit 1
Xfi
X
X
X# check shell
Xif test ! -x $shell ; then
X echo "$shell: the program does not exist or is not executable"
X exit 1
Xfi
X
X# check homedir
X# check if homedir already exists
Xif [ -f ${homedir} ]; then
X echo "${myname}: WARNING: a file named \"${homedir}\" already exists"
X echo "and is NOT a directory, NOT setting up user account"
X exit 1
Xfi
Xif [ -d ${homedir} ]; then
X echo "${myname}: WARNING: home directory \"${homedir}\" already exists"
X echo " no files copied, NOT setting up user account"
X exit 1
Xfi
X# check if all but last path of homedir exits
X#dir=`shdirname $homedir`
X#if test ! -d $dir ; then
X# echo "$dir: does not exist or is not a directory"
X# exit 1
X#fi
X# check if $homedir is local
Xdfout=`df $dir | ( read aline; read aline; echo $aline )`
Xcase $dfout in
X /dev*) ;; # $dir is on local machine
X *) echo "$dir: is not on local machine"
X exit 1;;
Xesac
X
X# create a null /etc/passwd entry
X# first check if one already exists
Xif grep -s "^${uname}:" ${Passwd} ; then
X echo "${myname}: ERROR: ${uname} aleady in ${Passwd}";
X exit 1;
Xfi
X# check if uid already exists
Xif grep -s ".*:.*:${uid}:" ${Passwd} ; then
X echo "uid: ERROR: ${uid} already in ${Passwd}";
X exit 1;
Xfi
Xpwent="${uname}::${uid}:${gid}::0:0:${fullname}:${homedir}:${shell}"
X# XXX sould we use tmp file and rename it?
X
XEDITOR=/usr/sbin/addentry
Xexport EDITOR
X( echo "${pwent}"; ) > /tmp/passwdentree
Xvipw ${Passwd}
X
X# Verify that the entree was saved.
Xif grep -s "^${uname}:" ${Passwd} ; then
X :
Xelse
X echo "${myname}: ERROR: password entry didn't go to ${Passwd}";
X exit 1;
X rm -f /tmp/passwdentree # remove old file
Xfi
Xrm -f /tmp/passwdentree # remove old file
X
X# Set a temporary password so that passwd will work
Xpasswd ${uname}
X# make the home directory
X/bin/mkdir ${homedir}
X/usr/sbin/chown ${uname} ${homedir}
X/usr/bin/chgrp ${gid} ${homedir}
X
X# add default user startup files
Xfor i in /usr/share/skel/dot.*
Xdo cp $i ${homedir}/`basename $i | sed s/dot//`
Xdone
X/usr/sbin/chown -R ${uname} ${homedir}
X/usr/bin/chgrp -R ${gid} ${homedir}
X
X# is ok, exit 0
Xexit 0
END-of-adduser
exit
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--
Maurice Castro | "In hardware engineering, Ohm's
maurice@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au | law and Maxwell's equations pale
| in importance and influence next
| to Murphy's Law" Gordon Bell
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Maurice Castro | "In hardware engineering, Ohm's
maurice@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au | law and Maxwell's equations pale
| in importance and influence next
| to Murphy's Law" Gordon Bell