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Old 04-28-2015
Passing variables to mkuser
In a ksh, I'm attempting to pass my string of arguments to the mkuser command in a variable as follows...

Code:
   cmd="pgrp=ACRGENU groups=ACRGENU home=/home/${USERID} shell=/usr/bin/ksh"
   cmd=$cmd" gecos='${USERNAME}' login=true su=false rlogin=true daemon=true"
   cmd=$cmd" admin=false sugroups=ALL tpath=nosak ttys=ALL expires=0 auth1=SYSTEM"
   cmd=$cmd" auth2=NONE umask=22 registry=files SYSTEM=compat loginretries=5"
   cmd=$cmd" pwdwarntime=5 account_locked=false minage=0 maxage=12 maxexpired=1"
   cmd=$cmd" minalpha=5 minother=2 mindiff=3 maxrepeats=3 minlen=8 histexpire=26"
   cmd=$cmd" histsize=10 fsize=-1 cpu=-1 data=-1 stack=-1 core=-1 rss=-1 nofiles=-1"
   cmd=$cmd" stack_hard=-1 unsuccessful_login_count=0 ${USERID}"
   echo "Executing mkuser command..."
   mkuser $cmd

And am getting the following error...
Code:
Usage: mkuser [-R load_module] [-a] "attr=value" ... newuser

I'm sure this is an extremely newbie question, but what should I be doing to my "mkuser $cmd" line to get it to pick up the variables correctly?

Thanks!
A mainframe dinosaur in a strange land.
# 2  
Old 04-28-2015
Is USERID defined? Try putting echo ${cmd} in the script right before mkuser and take a look at the string.
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# 3  
Old 04-28-2015
Thanks for the reply blackrageous! Stuck an echo in and USERID looks good. Also echo'ed the return code ($?) afterwards (RC=22), but Uncle Google isn't telling me much on it...

Code:
Executing mkuser command...
pgrp=ACRGENU groups=ACRGENU home=/home/lbubba shell=/usr/bin/ksh gecos='Bubba Jones' login=true su=false rlogin=true daemon=true admin=false sugroups=ALL tpath=nosak ttys=ALL expires=0 auth1=SYSTEM auth2=NONE umask=22 registry=files SYSTEM=compat loginretries=5 pwdwarntime=5 account_locked=false minage=0 maxage=12 maxexpired=1 minalpha=5 minother=2 mindiff=3 maxrepeats=3 minlen=8 histexpire=26 histsize=10 fsize=-1 cpu=-1 data=-1 stack=-1 core=-1 rss=-1 nofiles=-1 stack_hard=-1 unsuccessful_login_count=0 lbubba
Usage: mkuser [-R load_module] [-a] "attr=value" ... newuser
ERROR: MKUSER command failed with return code 22

---------- Post updated at 03:53 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:26 PM ----------

A little more info... I've found the issue seems to be the single quotes around the "gecos=" attribute. If exclude the
Code:
gecos='${USERNAME}'

attribute, then it works. However, if I cut/paste the echo output (including the gecos attribute) behind a mkuser on the command line, it runs. For some reason, it doesn't like the single quotes inside the variable.
# 4  
Old 04-29-2015
I'm irritated that your 'reused' $cmd' is outside the quotes.
You could try (instead):
Code:
cmd+=" new values"

This will preserve cmd's previous values, and append the 'new values' at their end.

Regarding the single quotes, you could use them if you escape them, better yet, escape double quotes when passing values with spaces to options. Of no space (or other special char) is within the value, then you dont have to put it in quotes (though, still should).

Hope this helps
# 5  
Old 04-29-2015
I finally stumbled onto the answer, if not the reason... Seems when passing a single quote delimited value to mkuser (or chuser) via a variable, the entire attribute must be surrounded by double quotes... and it doesn't like it with multiple attributes....

These do not work...
Code:
$cmd="pgrp=AGROUP groups=AGROUP gecos='John Doe'"
mkuser $cmd $USERID

Code:
$cmd='pgrp=AGROUP groups=AGROUP "gecos=''John Doe''" '
mkuser $cmd $USERID

But this DOES work...
Code:
$cmd="pgrp=AGROUP groups=AGROUP"
mkuser $cmd $USERID
$cmd="gecos='John Doe'"
chuser "$cmd" $USERID

Thanks all for the replies!
 
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