i was able to get things working properly.. my issue ended up being more with the SSH and sudo interactions and when i needed to use the -t and when i needed to use -Tt.. For some commands, i had to pull them out and move them into their own ssh connection (ie passwd)
In looking at your suggestions, i also was able to get rid of a lot of unneeded testing that i was doing in my script.
I think i have been able to clean up at least 100 lines of unneeded code with your pointer..
so just wanted to say thx!
---------- Post updated at 03:12 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:57 PM ----------
1 last quick question.. as part of one of my scripts, i am creating the user account.. How do i need to surround the $5 in the bottom code box below in order for it to display the whole comment field? Previously, when using all my numerous ssh calls, i had been using
Currently as it sits below, for a comment field that contains "test user" i am only getting test as the comment.. i have tried numerous variations of ", and ' with no luck
Code:
ssh -qTt $USER@$SERVER /bin/bash -s "$USERNAME" "$ADMINCMD" "$OSVER" "$UIDNUM" "$COMMENT" >> /tmp/passwdlist <<"EOF"
case "$3" in
5.10 ) # Create the Solaris 10 account with the user in the Primary Admin profile
if ! "$2" /usr/sbin/useradd -u "$4" -g 111 -G 14 -s /bin/ksh -c ""$5"" -P "Primary Administrator" "$1" > /dev/n
ull
then
echo "`hostname`|Couldn't create user account"
exit 1
fi
# Verify account has been created by checking /etc/passwd
if grep -w "$1" /etc/passwd > /dev/null
then
echo "`hostname`|User account created"
exit 1
fi
;;
* ) # Create the account
if ! "$2" /usr/sbin/useradd -u "$4" -g 111 -G 14 -s /bin/ksh -M -c ""$5"" "$1" > /dev/null
then
echo "`hostname`|Couldn't create user account"
exit 1
fi
# If OSVER is greater than 5, assume a linux kernel and put user in wheel and users group
case "$3" in
2.* ) "$2" /usr/sbin/usermod -G 10,100 "$1"
;;
esac
# Verify account has been created by checking /etc/passwd
if grep -w "$1" /etc/passwd > /dev/null
then
echo "`hostname`|User account created"
exit 1
fi
;;
esac
EOF
When you ssh, one layer of quotes gets stripped out. ssh username@host echo "stuff in quotes" becomes echo stuff in quotes. You have to add in literal quote characters to preserve quotes.
hmmm.. i'm still having issues with that last piece.. could you show me what i am doing wrong in this code? The issue is with the $5 part of the useradd command.. (i added some echo tests at the top to try to help figure out the errors of my ways, and snipped out some case statements for berevity)
Code:
ssh -qTt $USER@$SERVER /bin/bash -s "$USERNAME" "$ADMINCMD" "$OSVER" "$UIDNUM" "\'$COMMENT\'" "$LAWSON" "$ROLENAME" "$EXPIRY" "$SERVER" >> /tmp/passwdlist <<"EOF"
case $9 in
* ) echo "\'$5\'" > /tmp/testuser; echo \'$5\' >> /tmp/testuser; echo "'$5'" >> /tmp/testuser
if ! "$2" /usr/sbin/useradd -u "$4" -s /bin/ksh -c "$5" -d /home/"$1" "$1" > /dev/null
then
echo "`hostname`|Couldn't create user account"
#exit 1
else
echo "`hostname`|User account created"
#exit 1
fi
# if expiration is not empty, set on account
if [ ! -z "$8" ]; then
"$2" /usr/sbin/usermod -e "$8" "$1"
fi
# if user needs to be added to a role, set it here
if [ ! "$7" = "exclude" ] && [ ! "$7" = "dontexclude" ]; then
"$2" /usr/sbin/usermod -R "$7" "$1"
fi
;;
esac
i had added the echo testers and as it sits when using a comment field containing "test user", my current output in /tmp/testuser is
Code:
\''test\'
''test'
''test'
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