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Special Forums UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers HELP for my script Post 302908707 by JONATHAN0919 on Wednesday 9th of July 2014 07:59:35 PM
Old 07-09-2014
HELP for my script

guys need help how to add user to my script.
note: this is not a home work... I'm just self studying unix/linux programming. thanks in advance.
and how can i add this script to the add user list below. dont know how to combine case and ifelse.


Code:
if [ $(id -u) -eq 0 ]; 
 then 	read -p "Enter username : " username 	
            read -s -p "Enter password : " password 	
            egrep "^$username" /etc/passwd >/dev/null 	
            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then 		
               echo "$username exists!" 		
              exit 1 	
           else 		
              pass=$(perl -e 'print crypt($ARGV[0], "password")' $password) 		
             useradd -m -p $pass $username 		
             [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "User has been added to system!" || echo "Failed to add a user!" 	
         fi
 else 	
           echo "Only root may add a user to the system" 	
           exit 2 
 fi

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my exercise:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
clear
PS3="Enter your choice> "
select i in "Current Logins" "Last Logins" "Generate List of Users" "Create User Accounts" "Exit"
do


case $i in
        "Current Logins") who;;
        "Last Logins") lastlog;;
        "Generate List of Users") awk -F':' '{ print $1}' /etc/passwd;;
        "Create User Accounts") useradd;;
        Exit) exit;;
        
*) echo "Invalid choice";;
esac         
done

Moderator's Comments:
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Last edited by jim mcnamara; 07-09-2014 at 11:54 PM.. Reason: Reformat one long line into readable code
 

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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 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc. 22 February 2008 CUPS lppasswd(1)
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