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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script Entry to block 9 characters userid Post 302864759 by manalisharmabe on Thursday 17th of October 2013 05:53:10 AM
Old 10-17-2013
Script Entry to block 9 characters userid
Hi Guys,
I have one script which is used to add new user in the system.
This is how we add new user in system:-
Code:
 sudo /opt/local/bin/new-user 114 ranivarm "Rani Varma(Libo Technical User)" INC00001111

Where
114:-is the site id
ranivarm:- is userid
"Rani Varma(Libo Technical User)" :- comment
INC00001111:- ticket number
The script is little big, so here is part of that script:-
Code:
case $steps2skip in
(help)  die "$advanced";;
(password)      steps2skip=124;;
(enable)        steps2skip=123;;
([1-4]*)        ;;
esac
username=${1:?username required: $usage} shift
ticket=$3
descr="$*"

#
# assertions
#
grep -c ${group}  /etc/group >/dev/null ||
        warn "Warning: group $group is not in /etc/group"
grep -c $shell /etc/shells >/dev/null ||
        warn "Warning: shell $shell is not in /etc/shells"
 
warn "Checking accountname ${username:?}"
if [[ $steps2skip = *1* ]]; then
        /bin/logins -xol $username ||
                die "account $username does not exist!"
        /bin/getent passwd ${username} ||
                die "account $username does not exist!"
        eval home=~${username}
else    : step 1: creating /etc/passwd entry
        /bin/getent passwd ${username} &&
                die "account $username already exists!"
        /bin/logins -xol $username

Could you please tell me what entry should I enter and where should I insert it?
Thanks
 

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lppasswd

lppasswd(1)							    Apple Inc.							       lppasswd(1)

NAME

       lppasswd - add, change, or delete digest passwords.

SYNOPSIS

       lppasswd [ username ]
       lppasswd -a [ -g groupname ] username
       lppasswd -x username

DESCRIPTION

       lppasswd  adds, changes, or deletes passwords in the CUPS digest password file, passwd.md5. When run by a normal user, lppasswd will prompt
       for the old and new passwords.  When run by the super-user, lppasswd can add new accounts (-a username), change	existing  accounts  (user-
       name), or delete accounts (-x username) in the digest password file. Digest usernames do not have to match local UNIX usernames.

OPTIONS

       lppasswd supports the following options:

       -g groupname
	    Specifies a group other than the default system group.

SECURITY ISSUES

       By  default,  the lppasswd program is not installed to allow ordinary users to change their passwords. To enable this, the lppasswd command
       must be made setuid to root with the command:
       chmod u+s lppasswd

       While every attempt has been made to make lppasswd secure against exploits that could grant super-user privileges  to  unprivileged  users,
       paranoid system administrators may wish to use Basic authentication with accounts managed by PAM instead.

SEE ALSO

       lp(1), lpr(1),
       http://localhost:631/help

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