This code is to try and easily add groups and users during the installation process. It uses the standard commands 'groupadd' and 'useradd'. Comments and suggestions welcome. # # Add Groups and Users # Proof of Concept # # ToDo: # Make into funtions for possible acceptance to core AIF # Add Logging for Report # How to handle root? - separate function? # Make generated passwords stronger? # Create Users should be run after files are in /etc/skel/ # groups >=101 users >=1000 # groups to be created in GID order, :GID Optional # # ADD_GROUPS="Group_Name[:GID] \ 2nd \ 3rd etc" # ADD_USERS="User_Login[:Comment/Full_Name][:Secondary_Groups][:UID:Hashed_Password] \ 2nd \ 3rd etc]" # [] - optional # only use single space between accounts - No Other Spaces!!! #comma separated Secondary Groups # Dummy Data - errors on purpose ADD_GROUPS="staff:102 accounts:104 shop sect27" ADD_USERS="fred:Fred_Nerk:staff,audio:100:cZSBdQp32G6Bw \ mary:Mary_Smith:staff,accounts,audio,optical,scanner \ caesar \ tommy::audio \ AnTon:freak_shoes::104a" # # Create Groups # if [ ! -z "$ADD_GROUPS" ]; then for i in $ADD_GROUPS; do if [[ "${i/*:/}" -ge 101 ]]; then echo "groupadd -g "${i/*:/}" "${i/:*/}"" else echo "groupadd "${i}"" fi done fi # # Create Users # if [ ! -z "$ADD_USERS" ]; then for i in ${ADD_USERS}; do USERLOGIN=$(echo ${i/:*/} | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]") COMMENT=$(echo "${i//_/ }" | awk 'BEGIN { FS = ":" } ; { print $2 }') if [ ! -z "${COMMENT}" ]; then COMMENT=" -c ${COMMENT}" fi USER_GROUPS=$(echo "${i}" | awk 'BEGIN { FS = ":" } ; { print $3 }') if [ ! -z "${USER_GROUPS}" ]; then USER_GROUPS=" -G ${USER_GROUPS}" fi USERID=$(echo "${i}" | awk 'BEGIN { FS = ":" } ; { print $4 }' | sed 's/[A-Za-z]*//g') if [[ ! -z "${USERID}" && "${USERID}" -ge 1000 ]]; then USERID=" -u ${USERID}" else USERID="" fi USERHASH=$(echo "${i}" | awk 'BEGIN { FS = ":" } ; { print $5 }') if [ ! -z "${USERHASH}" ]; then USERHASH=" -p ${USERHASH}" else UPT=$(echo `