I was writing a shell script, where i need to run a command through script and then take input from user and later terminate it. i am not sure how to take input in a proper format immediately after a command.
example: below command line is used to import some data in to database (LDAP)
Unfortunately your request is not clear. Do you want the user sitting in front of the terminal to key in that unusually stritctly formatted, voluminous, and error prone 6 line data record, or do you need to supply that structured text to ldapmodify? Does ldapmodify read from stdin?
And, please use CODE tags as required by forum rules!
I want the user to provide only User ID in the start, later it should take that value in variable.
FYI, ldapmodify command expects an input to be supplied in below form
Code:
dn: uid=$b, ou=People,dc=p3chem,dc=net //$b is the value which user will input
changetype: modify
replace: BusinessCategory
BusinessCategory: Shipped
here if you see in the first line it has something called as "uid", there i want to have the User ID (uid) value inputted by the user, rest things remains the same.
now my doubt is how to supply above 4 lines as input to ldapmodify command.
This will be more clear by looking at the script which i have developed till now, and stuck at that place.
code:
Code:
==================================================
#!/bin/bash
#script is for re-enabling the user in CPass
FILE=/opt/oracle/scripts/a.out
echo "
********************************************************
Enter one among the below options *
*
1. To check the current status of user in CPass LDAP *
2. Change the Business category of user to \`Shipped\` *
3. Add user to CPassAllowed group *
4. Exit from the script *
********************************************************
"
echo -n "please enter a value: "
read n
case $n in
1) echo -n "Please enter the User ID (uid) of user: "
read a
ldapsearch -h localhost -p 4545 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -j "$dmpass" -b "ou=People,dc=p3Chem,dc=net" -s sub "(uid=$a)" "businessCategory" | tail -1 > $FILE
if [[ -s $FILE ]]; then
echo "`ldapsearch -h localhost -p 4545 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -j "$dmpass" -b "ou=People,dc=p3Chem,dc=net" -s sub "(uid=$a)" "businessCategory" | tail -1`"
exit
else
echo "User ID which you have entered doesnot exist in PKI lDAP"
exit
fi
;;
2) echo -n "Please enter the user ID whose Business category needs to be changed: "
read b
ldapsearch -h localhost -p 4545 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -j "$dmpass" -b "ou=People,dc=p3Chem,dc=net" -s sub "(uid=$b)" "businessCategory" | tail -1 > $FILE
if [[ -s $FILE ]]; then
echo "Changing the Business Category of user $b...please wait"
ldapmodify -h "localhost" -p "4545" -D "cn=Directory Manager" -j "$dmpass"
dn: uid=$b, ou=People,dc=p3chem,dc=net
changetype: modify
replace: BusinessCategory
BusinessCategory: Shipped
sleep 5
echo "\n Current status of user in PKI LDAP is `ldapsearch -h localhost -p 4545 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -j "$dmpass" -b "ou=People,dc=p3Chem,dc=net" -s sub "(uid=$b)" "businessCategory" | tail -1`"
exit
else
echo "User ID which you have entered doesnot exist in PKI lDAP"
exit
fi
;;
*) echo "No option selected"
;;
esac
####################################
Thanks,
Mridul Utkarsh
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In the above code, case statement (2) - if part has the logic
Code:
if [[ -s $FILE ]]; then
echo "Changing the Business Category of user $b...please wait"
ldapmodify -h "localhost" -p "4545" -D "cn=Directory Manager" -j "$dmpass"
After this it fails to take input.
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Last edited by RudiC; 01-18-2017 at 09:37 AM..
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Rg. your problem: the other invocations of ldapmodify seem to be fed input data by passing parameter values; why doesn't that work for the one in question?
If no, can you specify an input file where it searches for data?
For your above setup, did you consider using a bash "here document" (c.f. man bash)?
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