Hello Hendrik Boshoff, Re: 360 student database.
If you have Open Office, a part of that suite is "Base" which is a database program. You should be able to import your existing database as a comma delimited file. If you have any problems let me know. Best Wishes, Larry J. 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Re: Script required to create many user accounts (Dennis Kaarsemaker) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:55:50 +0200 From: "Hendrik Boshoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Script required to create many user accounts To: <edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi I have created a file with details of 360 children to whom I want to give access to our Edubuntu lab. It is a comma separated variable with the following fields: username, full name, password, group1, group2 Can someone help with a script to create these users in a batch, and give them membership of both groups? The passwords are based on a standard pattern including their birthday. Not ideal, but I want to create a mailmerge letter to each containing their particulars. They will be encouraged to choose their own password once they have log'd on. (Is there a way to pre-expire a password?) Thanks for any help. Hendrik Boshoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:12:14 +0200 From: "Hendrik Boshoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Printing problem To: <edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I connected an HP Laserjet 1000 to our Edubuntu server using a USB cable. It was immediately detected by the system, and the drivers were installed. However, it does not work. The test page is reported as sent, but nothing happens on the printer. The logfile of CUPS shows the page being processed by filters, and ends with a message telling me "PID xxxx stopped with status 1!" I have added myself to the group lp, but it does not help. A similar problem has been reported on ubuntuforums.org, without any response. An older HP Laserjet 6L worked without any problems in a test setup, but my current server does not have a parallel port! Is there a problem with some printers in Breezy? Is there a patch or workaround? Is it due to be fixed in Dapper? I suppose I have become used to hardware Just Working, so this is a comedown. Thanks Hendrik Boshoff ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:20:05 +0100 From: Dennis Kaarsemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Script required to create many user accounts To: Hendrik Boshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On di, 2006-01-31 at 14:55 +0200, Hendrik Boshoff wrote: > Hi > > I have created a file with details of 360 children to whom I want to > give access to our Edubuntu lab. It is a comma separated variable with > the following fields: > > username, full name, password, group1, group2 > > Can someone help with a script to create these users in a batch, and > give them membership of both groups? > > The passwords are based on a standard pattern including their birthday. > Not ideal, but I want to create a mailmerge letter to each containing > their particulars. They will be encouraged to choose their own password > once they have log'd on. (Is there a way to pre-expire a password?) I use something like this for batch-adding, simply pipe the file into it: #!/bin/bash while [ 0 ]; do read LINE USER=`echo $LINE | cut -f 1 -d ,` FULLNAME=`echo $LINE | cut -f 2 -d ,` PASSWORD=`echo $LINE | cut -f 3 -d ,` GROUP1=`echo $LINE | cut -f 4 -d ,` GROUP2=`echo $LINE | cut -f 5 -d ,` if [ x"$USER" == x ]; then break; fi # Generate password CHARS="qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmQWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890" SALT="" for I in seq 8; do SALT=${SALT}${CHARS:$((RANDOM % ${#CHARS})):1} done # Create user echo "Adding user '$USER, $FULLNAME'" adduser --disabled-password --gecos "$FULLNAME,,," $USER usermod -p `echo $PWD | mkpasswd --salt $SALT --hash md5 --stdin` $USER adduser $USER $GROUP1 adduser $USER $GROUP2 done -- Dennis K. - Linux for human beings: http://www.ubuntu.com - Linux voor iedereen: http://www.ubuntu-nl.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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