Re: [expert] Scripts or software to add many new users
Sounds like you need to learn shell script... I'm guessing that what you need could be accomplished with a few lines (<20?) of code. Check out: man bash man adduser man groupadd That should get you started... (If you need some examples, try 'locate *.sh'--there are tons of them. Check out a few that seem to do something similar to what you're trying.) There are also some (many?) pages on the internet--try a search for 'bash programming'. I found two that look promising (in about 30 seconds): http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/ldp/LDP/abs/html/ -Jason On Thursday 14 November 2002 05:56 pm, Patrick Atlas wrote: > Hello, > > We are managing hundred of users on a network based on Netscape Exchange > Server (mail, news and web). > In a few weeks, we would like to change to a linux server (Mandrake of > course!) > As we don't want to create by hand each existing user, is there a script > or a software that will automatically: > > -create a new account (possibly from a list of existing > logins/passwords) > -apply the new user to adequate groups > -create a file with his login as name > -create a virtual host to his file in the apache configuration > -apply a DocRoot in proftp configuration > -create a user and his database with his login/password in mysql > -copy a phpmyadmin with adequate configuration > -and few other little things... > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > > Patrick Atlas -- = "Out of Print" is bookseller speak for "We can't be hedgehogged". (alt.fan.pratchett) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Scripts or software to add many new users
it's something quite specific. Try freshmeat or sourceforge. But you'll probabbly have to do it yourself. It will come out quite easily in Perl or bash methinks. Wooky Patrick Atlas wrote: Hello, We are managing hundred of users on a network based on Netscape Exchange Server (mail, news and web). In a few weeks, we would like to change to a linux server (Mandrake of course!) As we don't want to create by hand each existing user, is there a script or a software that will automatically: -create a new account (possibly from a list of existing logins/passwords) -apply the new user to adequate groups -create a file with his login as name -create a virtual host to his file in the apache configuration -apply a DocRoot in proftp configuration -create a user and his database with his login/password in mysql -copy a phpmyadmin with adequate configuration -and few other little things... Any ideas? Thanks Patrick Atlas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- "Discussing this document with a US citizen may be an offence." From the disclaimer of "Security Holes Fixed in Linux 2.4.19", by RH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Scripts or software to add many new users
Hello, We are managing hundred of users on a network based on Netscape Exchange Server (mail, news and web). In a few weeks, we would like to change to a linux server (Mandrake of course!) As we don't want to create by hand each existing user, is there a script or a software that will automatically: -create a new account (possibly from a list of existing logins/passwords) -apply the new user to adequate groups -create a file with his login as name -create a virtual host to his file in the apache configuration -apply a DocRoot in proftp configuration -create a user and his database with his login/password in mysql -copy a phpmyadmin with adequate configuration -and few other little things... Any ideas? Thanks Patrick Atlas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
