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# 8  
Old 07-11-2014
Can you try this i am not root user to test this on my environment
Code:
#!/bin/bash

clear
add_user() {
PS3="Enter your choice> "
select i in "Current Logins" "Last Logins" "Generate List of Users" "Create User Accounts" "Exit"
do


case $i in
"Current Logins") who;;
"Last Logins") lastlog;;
"Generate List of Users") awk -F':' '{ print $1}' /etc/passwd;;
"Create User Accounts") add_user;;
Exit) exit;;

*) echo "Invalid choice";;
esac 
done
}

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# 9  
Old 07-11-2014
Code:
#!/bin/bash
clear
add_user() {
## write your statements here
echo "Created user"
}
PS3="Enter your choice> "
select i in "Current Logins" "Last Logins" "Generate List of Users" "Create User Accounts" "Exit"
do

case $i in
"Current Logins") who;;
"Last Logins") lastlog;;
"Generate List of Users") awk -F':' '{ print $1}' /etc/passwd;;
"Create User Accounts") add_user;;
Exit) exit;;
*) echo "Invalid choice";;
esac 
done

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# 10  
Old 07-11-2014
the whole script didn't run sir


Code:
#!/bin/bash
clear
add_user() {
PS3="Enter your choice> "
DT=$(date)
   echo "******************* $DT ***********************" 

select i in "Current Logins" "Last Logins" "Generate List of Users" "Create User Accounts" "Exit"

do
case $i in
        "Current Logins") who | wc -l;;
        "Last Logins") lastlog;;
        "Generate List of Users") awk -F':' '{ print $1}' /etc/passwd;;
        "Create User Accounts") add_user ;;
        Exit) exit;;

*) echo "Invalid choice";;
esac
done
}

---------- Post updated at 02:13 AM ---------- Previous update was at 02:00 AM ----------

im a noob... Smilie

Code:
#!/bin/bash
clear
add_user() {
useradd -m -s /bin/bash     <------------------ this didn't work
echo "Created user"
}
PS3="Enter your choice> "
select i in "Current Logins" "Last Logins" "Generate List of Users" "Create User Accounts" "Exit"
do

case $i in
"Current Logins") who;;
"Last Logins") lastlog;;
"Generate List of Users") awk -F':' '{ print $1}' /etc/passwd;;
"Create User Accounts") add_user;;
Exit) exit;;
*) echo "Invalid choice";;
esac 
done


Last edited by Don Cragun; 07-11-2014 at 04:38 AM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 11  
Old 07-11-2014
In post #1 you had two pieces of code, the first for creating users, the second for a menu. Your question was how you could integrate the two. My suggestion was to put the part for creating users into a function and then call that function in the second (menu) part...
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