created a bash script to create an ftp account, its here -
it works great but now i want to do something else which i dont know if possible but i will try and explain
i want the end user/customer/client or whoever submits an ftp user creation for us to send an email to sftp.molinare.co.uk and when they email it, the sftp server i created with the script will pick up what username and password they want to make the ftp account and it will create it and then send them an email saying the ftp account has been created with the username/password they gave
obviously i will configure postfix SMTP on the sftp server so it can do this
Hello all,
I have a question about the email that is sent to new users when they first check their email. The message is directly from the server and says something like "Welcome to "mailserver", you login is atypical." Where is this message? Can I change the message that is sent? Were... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: calivw78
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I'm sorry for being an annoyance. I did read in another post that anyone who gives a proper email address will receive a confirmation.
Well, I have created 4 accounts to no avail. Who knows, maybe I did mistype my email in one of them (twice since we have to reconfirm and with the same typo),... (3 Replies)
Hi,
my email server is set up in a different machine which runs lineox enterprise 3.0. It exports /var/spool/mail to the sun server running solaris 9 and hence, all workstations nd users can access their mail.
but the problem is some users cannot open their mail at all. the error "mailer... (0 Replies)
Hi,
If I want to send an email to serveral users, what is the correct way to do it?
I know a little bit mail command. If I want to send email to John and Scott after UNIX shell scripts have completed the job. I type:
mail -s 'Job has been completed successfully' john@yahoo.com < log.txt
... (4 Replies)
Hello, I'm preparing a script for creating users automatically.
I,m using this command
useradd -c "Name foo" -d /export/home/my -f 10 -g other -u 10001 -s /bin/bash my
the problem i have is when i create the user by command line, this acount is locked. What do i have to change in the... (2 Replies)
hi,
i'm pretty new to this unix. i've been asked to create a shell script which will pick up the email id from a text file(stored in same machine, same directory) searches for that id in another file in which a product name( a one line text) is mentioned against it. then it should send a mail... (0 Replies)
Hello,
I am new to unix , and I need to create a shell sciprt which helps me FTPing file from LAn to Unix box.
These files r then processed using Perl script and put in a database.
I also need to log the entire process of all the above methods in a log file in the same shell script.
Like ,... (2 Replies)
Hi ,
I want to write a Unix script which can send an automatic email to the group when my job is completed.I'm trying the following
Mail -s "test" <groupname> << EOD
>Completed
>EOD
With this i'm not able to send an email to group..Any ideas?
Thanks in Advance (1 Reply)
Please forgive me if this is the wrong place to post.
I am a VERY basic user here and have been tasked with adding a user to our email system -- we use a squirrelmail interface and I have root passwords etc.
I tried logging in through a browser but get this error:
ERROR: Connection dropped... (1 Reply)
Hi Guys,
I want a script where in I need to send an email to individual users about their groups.
OS:unix redhat
Shell :Bash.
The mail should be like,"Hi &username , you are in part of &group1,&group2 .."
I need to mail to their personal email id mostly @outlook. Not to their UNIX.... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
userdel
USERDEL(8) System Management Commands USERDEL(8)NAME
userdel - delete a user account and related files
SYNOPSIS
userdel [options] LOGIN
DESCRIPTION
userdel is a low level utility for removing users. On Debian, administrators should usually use deluser(8) instead.
The userdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that refer to the user name LOGIN. The named user must exist.
OPTIONS
The options which apply to the userdel command are:
-f, --force
This option forces the removal of the user account, even if the user is still logged in. It also forces userdel to remove the user's
home directory and mail spool, even if another user uses the same home directory or if the mail spool is not owned by the specified
user. If USERGROUPS_ENAB is defined to yes in /etc/login.defs and if a group exists with the same name as the deleted user, then this
group will be removed, even if it is still the primary group of another user.
Note: This option is dangerous and may leave your system in an inconsistent state.
-h, --help
Display help message and exit.
-r, --remove
Files in the user's home directory will be removed along with the home directory itself and the user's mail spool. Files located in
other file systems will have to be searched for and deleted manually.
The mail spool is defined by the MAIL_DIR variable in the login.defs file.
CONFIGURATION
The following configuration variables in /etc/login.defs change the behavior of this tool:
MAIL_DIR (string)
The mail spool directory. This is needed to manipulate the mailbox when its corresponding user account is modified or deleted. If not
specified, a compile-time default is used.
MAIL_FILE (string)
Defines the location of the users mail spool files relatively to their home directory.
The MAIL_DIR and MAIL_FILE variables are used by useradd, usermod, and userdel to create, move, or delete the user's mail spool.
MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP (number)
Maximum members per group entry. When the maximum is reached, a new group entry (line) is started in /etc/group (with the same name,
same password, and same GID).
The default value is 0, meaning that there are no limits in the number of members in a group.
This feature (split group) permits to limit the length of lines in the group file. This is useful to make sure that lines for NIS
groups are not larger than 1024 characters.
If you need to enforce such limit, you can use 25.
Note: split groups may not be supported by all tools (even in the Shadow toolsuite). You should not use this variable unless you really
need it.
USERDEL_CMD (string)
If defined, this command is run when removing a user. It should remove any at/cron/print jobs etc. owned by the user to be removed
(passed as the first argument).
The return code of the script is not taken into account.
Here is an example script, which removes the user's cron, at and print jobs:
#! /bin/sh
# Check for the required argument.
if [ $# != 1 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 username"
exit 1
fi
# Remove cron jobs.
crontab -r -u $1
# Remove at jobs.
# Note that it will remove any jobs owned by the same UID,
# even if it was shared by a different username.
AT_SPOOL_DIR=/var/spool/cron/atjobs
find $AT_SPOOL_DIR -name "[^.]*" -type f -user $1 -delete ;
# Remove print jobs.
lprm $1
# All done.
exit 0
USERGROUPS_ENAB (boolean)
If set to yes, userdel will remove the user's group if it contains no more members, and useradd will create by default a group with the
name of the user.
FILES
/etc/group
Group account information.
/etc/login.defs
Shadow password suite configuration.
/etc/passwd
User account information.
/etc/shadow
Secure user account information.
EXIT VALUES
The userdel command exits with the following values:
0
success
1
can't update password file
2
invalid command syntax
6
specified user doesn't exist
8
user currently logged in
10
can't update group file
12
can't remove home directory
CAVEATS
userdel will not allow you to remove an account if there are running processes which belong to this account. In that case, you may have to
kill those processes or lock the user's password or account and remove the account later. The -f option can force the deletion of this
account.
You should manually check all file systems to ensure that no files remain owned by this user.
You may not remove any NIS attributes on a NIS client. This must be performed on the NIS server.
If USERGROUPS_ENAB is defined to yes in /etc/login.defs, userdel will delete the group with the same name as the user. To avoid
inconsistencies in the passwd and group databases, userdel will check that this group is not used as a primary group for another user, and
will just warn without deleting the group otherwise. The -f option can force the deletion of this group.
SEE ALSO chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), login.defs(5), gpasswd(8), groupadd(8), groupdel(8), groupmod(8), useradd(8), usermod(8).
System Management Commands 06/24/2011 USERDEL(8)