Add Many Users In A Red Hat System V0.2

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        Create many users in a RedHat system using a text file as argument

#!/bin/bash

#******************************************************************************#
# AddManyUsers-rh.sh - Create many users in a Red Hat system using a text file #
# 			as argument					       #
#   Copyright (C) 2008 - written by flynets - <flynets<at>autistici<dot>org>   # 
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# Checks if you have the right privileges
if [ "$USER" = "root" ]
then

# CHANGE THIS PARAMETERS FOR A PARTICULAR USE
PERS_HOME="/home/"
PERS_SH="/bin/bash"

   # Checks if there is an argument
   [ $# -eq 0 ] && { echo >&2 ERROR: You may enter as an argument a text file containing users, one per line. ; exit 1; }
   # checks if there a regular file
   [ -f "$1" ] || { echo >&2 ERROR: The input file does not exists. ; exit 1; }
   TMPIN=$(mktemp)
   # Remove blank lines and delete duplicates 
   sed '/^$/d' "$1"| sort -g | uniq > "$TMPIN"
   
   NOW=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%X")
   LOGFILE="AMU-log-$NOW.log"
   
   for user in $(more "$TMPIN"); do
      # Checks if the user already exists.
      cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd | grep "$user" > /dev/null
      OUT=$?
      if [ $OUT -eq 0 ];then
   	 echo >&2 "ERROR: User account: \"$user\" already exists."
	 echo >&2 "ERROR: User account: \"$user\" already exists." >> "$LOGFILE"
      else
	 # Create a new user
         /usr/sbin/useradd -d "$PERS_HOME""$user" -s "$PERS_SH" -m "$user"
	 # passwdgen must be installed
	 pass=$(passwdgen -paq --length 8)
         echo $pass | passwd --stdin $user
	 # save user and password in a file
	 echo -e $user"\t"$pass >> "$LOGFILE"
	 echo "The user \"$user\" has been created and has the password: $pass"
      fi
   done
   rm -f "$TMPIN"
   exit 0
else
   echo >&2 "ERROR: You must be a root user to execute this script."
   exit 1
fi

Tags:
• bash
• Linux
• RedHat
• shell
• sysadmin
• useradd

Comments

Snippets Manager replied on Wed, 2010/06/02 - 11:04pm

I'm new to linux system. I actually use the script and work like a charm. at first I can't get it work coz I forgot to install the passwdgen. My question, is there a way which I could use pre-assigned password for user? (a text file) passwdgen is good however I can't force my users to use such password ( especially they tend to use their preferred password). Kindly help. Thanks

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