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newgeek · #1 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 10:24 PM

hi everyone

i'm new to linux and needing a bit of help with a script
this script is to create a option menu of, adduser, show the date and quit.
i'm struggling getting the adduser to work, could someone please help me with the following script?
thank you

#!/bin/bash
ps3='Select Option and Press Enter:'
select i in Adduser Date Quit
do
case $i in
Adduser) $username;;
Date) date;;
Quit) break;;
esac
done

nixcraft · #2 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 01:23 AM

Try something as follows

Code:

#!/bin/bash
while [ 1 ]
do
    clear
    echo "1. Add user"
    echo "2. Date and time"
    echo "3. Exit"
    read -p "Enter your choice [ 1 - 3 ] ?" ch
    case $ch in 
        1)
            read -p "Enter user name : " userName
            useradd  -m $userName
            passwd $userName;;
        2)
            echo "Today is $(date)"
            read -p "Press [Enter] to continue..." readDamKey;;
        3)
            exit 0;;
        *)    read -p "Wrong selection!!! Press [Enter] to continue..." readDamKey;;
    esac  
done

newgeek · #3 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 06:53 PM

Hi

thanks a lot for this. really is appreciated!
with more practice i'm hoping i can be the one to give advice.

there is another script you could help me with.
i'm wanting to add users to the system from a list, and i've also tried adding a password to each user, the password is the username plus 123 on the end.
am i on the right tracks?

#!/bin/bash
for i in `names.lst` #text file with names in
do
echo $i
adduser $i
echo $i2123 |password -stdin "$i" #adds password automatically to each username
echo; echo "$Username's and Passwords Updated!"
done

thanks again!

nixcraft · #4 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 07:21 PM

Check out:

perl or shell script to change the password

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