Shell Programming and Scripting

Note that there's a typo in my original suggestion.

You mean the sql die?
Yeah, might be better to use:

Code:

[ ! ${#username} -le 8 ] && echo "$username's ID is too long" && exit 1

No - the test was missing a mandatory space.

die is already used in line 2 of the OP's script, so I assumed it was either available as a local function/command, or he has other problems .

Superdb!!! This worked! Thanks a lot !!

Code:

-bash-3.2$ /usr/local/bin/sudo /opt/local/bin/new-user 199  testuser1 "test user (Script testing User)" INC00017310
testuser1's ID is too long;should not more than 8 characters
-bash-3.2$

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I have one more query, which I need to understand,
we have one condition for RFUsers means userid starting with "rf" should have password se to NO EXPIRY after first password change.

So whenever RF user say for ex. "rfuser45" logins to system with default password and then sets its new own password that userid password is set to NO EXPIRY.


The script is also working fine in that way.


but this is waht we actually use in Solaris os to get it done

passwd -x -1 rfuser45

but I don't understand why in script something like this is written:-

Code:

 # rf accounts do not expire password after first change
        if [[ $username = rf* ]]; then
                passwd -x 0 "$username"
        fi

        warn    "Step 3 completed"

fi

set +x

what does this mean?

Code:

passwd -x 0 "$username"

Thanks.

man says:

Code:

-x, --maxdays MAX_DAYS
           Set the maximum number of days a password remains valid. After
           MAX_DAYS, the password is required to be changed.