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# 15  
Old 09-22-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by tjay83
After I run above script, the home directory for the entered user doesnt change.
and also when I run the script entire /etc/passwd file is displayed.
awk will not change your file, use a temporary file for that
Code:
awk -v user="$username" -v path="$new_path" 'BEGIN{FS=OFS=":"}$1==user{$6=$new_path}1' /etc/passwd > /etc/passwd.new && mv /etc/passwd.new /etc/passwd;;

# 16  
Old 09-22-2008
useradd temp

cat /etc/ passwd
temp:x:502:505::/home/temp:/bin/bash

After I run the script with the following variables:
username: temp
new_path: /home/temp

cat /etc/passwd
temp:x:502:505::temp:x:502:505:::/bin/bash

I think there is something wrong with the script.
also, home directory should be /home/temp
Last edited by tjay83; 09-22-2008 at 12:43 PM..
# 17  
Old 09-22-2008
Code:
username=temp
new_path=/home/temp

# 18  
Old 09-23-2008
yea
I tried with those variables:
username=temp
new_path=/home/temp

but not correctly working
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