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# 1  
Old 09-24-2013
HP Unable to edit the sudoers file using script
Hi All,

I've made a script in order to delete the users. The script is deleting the users and removing its entry from the /etc/sudoers however it is changing the permissions of the /etc/sudoers file to the user from which it is executing the script.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
#set -x
print "The script will delete the users"

print "Enter the user name"
read user_id

for i in `cat server_HP-UX.txt`
do
ssh -t $i "/usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/userdel -r $user_id; /usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/bin/sed '/$user_id/d' /etc/sudoers > /home/usermgmt/tmp.bkp; /usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/bin/mv /home/usermgmt/tmp.bkp /etc/sudoers; > /home/usermgmt/tmp.bkp; /usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/bin/chown root:root /etc/sudoers; /usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/bin/chmod 440 /etc/sudoers"
print "The user has been deleted on $i"
done

Any suggestions how to again change the permissions back to 440 and root:root ownership or is there any way so that its permissions are not changed.
# 2  
Old 09-24-2013
Batch-editing sudoers is a poor idea, imagine the havoc if you botched a change! As such, it is guarded against such intrusion.

You may also wish to read this.
# 3  
Old 09-24-2013
Use cp not mv!
cp preserves the target file's attributes.
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
#set -x
print "The script will delete the users"

print "Enter the user name"
read user_id

for i in `cat server_HP-UX.txt`
do
ssh -qxt $i "
/usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/userdel -r $user_id
/usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/bin/grep -vw '$user_id' /etc/sudoers > /home/usermgmt/tmp.bkp &&
/usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/bin/cp /home/usermgmt/tmp.bkp /etc/sudoers
"
print "The user has been deleted on $i"

print "The user has been deleted on $i"
done

The && means: run the next line only if successful.
Last edited by MadeInGermany; 09-25-2013 at 04:40 AM.. Reason: leave the tmp file; grep word match
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