#!/bin/bash if [ $# -lt 1 ] then echo "Syntax: ./`basename $0` " exit fi # Parameters USER_DATA_FILE=$1 for userdetails in `cat $1` do ENVIRONMENT_NAME=`echo $userdetails | cut -f 1 -d:` ORGANIZARION_NUMBER=`echo $userdetails | cut -f 2 -d:` PASSWD=`echo $userdetails | cut -f 3 -d:` USER_NAME=${ENVIRONMENT_NAME}_${ORGANIZARION_NUMBER} egrep "^$USER_NAME" /etc/passwd >/dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "$username exists!" exit 1 else ENCR_PASSWD=$(perl -e 'print crypt($ARGV[0], "password")' $PASSWD) useradd -m -p $ENCR_PASSWD $USER_NAME [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "User has been added to system!" || echo "Failed to add a user!" fi else echo "Only root may add a user to the system" exit 2 done USER_NAME=${ENVIRONMENT_NAME}_${ORGANIZARION_NUMBER} #!/bin/bash # Script to add a user to Linux system if [ $(id -u) -eq 0 ]; then read -p "Enter username : " username read -s -p "Enter password : " password egrep "^$username" /etc/passwd >/dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "$username exists!" exit 1 else pass=$(perl -e 'print crypt($ARGV[0], "password")' $password) useradd -m -p $pass $username [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "User has been added to system!" || echo "Failed to add a user!" fi else echo "Only root may add a user to the system" exit 2 fi