06-11-2009
It should look like :-
dn: cn=bob,cn=user,dc=com
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
objectclass: ePerson
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: person
objectclass: top
cn: bob
sn: bob
userpassword: password
uid: bob
dn: cn=john,cn=user,dc=com
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
objectclass: ePerson
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: person
objectclass: top
cn: john
sn: john
userpassword: password
uid: john
etc
I have been thinking that this may not be such a good way of doing this. I think maybe it would be better to have one input file containing the dn's and then just write a new file from the script.
What is the best way to read in a file, process it line by line and write out a new file please (bear in my mind I don't know shell scripting very well) ?
e.g.
while read line
do
print "$line" >> $outfile
print "objectclass: inetOrgPerson" >> $outfile
print " objectclass: ePerson" >> $outfile
print "objectclass: organizationalPerson" >> $outfile
print "objectclass: person" >> $outfile
print "objectclass: top" >> $outfile
print "cn: john" >> $outfile
print "sn: john" >> $outfile
print "userpassword: password" >> $outfile
print "uid: john" >> $outfile
done < $filename
I am sure the above syntax is wrong .. can someone tell me the best way to do something like that ?
Going one step further, if my input file contained the dn and additional info, e.g. :-
# dn, firstname, surname, password
cn=bob,cn=user,dc=com, bob, jones, Password123
cn=john,cn=user,dc=com, john, smith, Password456
how could I read each line into the script but put dn, firstname, surname and password into separate variables and ignore comments ??
Many thanks
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installsieve
INSTALLSIEVE(1) General Commands Manual INSTALLSIEVE(1)
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NAME
installsieve - user utility for managing sieve scripts
SYNOPSIS
installsieve
DESCRIPTION
installsieve is a utility that allows users to manage their sieve scripts kept on the server.
OPTIONS
-v <name> View script with the given name. The script if retrieved sucessfully is output to standard output.
-l List all of the scripts currently on the server. If one of the scripts is active a arrow is printed indicating that it is the active
script.
-p <port> Port to connect to. If left off this defaults to "sieve" as defined in /etc/services.
-i <file> Install a file onto the server. If a script with the same name already exists on the server it is overwritten. Upon sucessfully
putting the script on the server the script is set active. If <file> has the extension .script it is chopped when put on the server since
sieve names may not contain a '.'.
-a <name> Set <name> as the active script. The list of available names can be obtained from the '-l' option..
-d <name> Delete the sieve script on the server with <name>.
-m <mechanism> Force installsieve to use <mechanism> for authentication. If not specified the strongest authentication mechanism is chosen.
-g <name> Get the sieve script with <name> and save it to disk with a ".script" extension. If a file with that name already exists it is
overwritten.
-u <user> Userid/Authname to use for authentication; by default, the current user.
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