User administration scripts
GNU/Linux is a multiuser operating system that allows many users to log in and perform activities at the same time. Administration tasks involving user management include setting the default shell for the user, adding a user to a group, disabling a shell account, adding new users, removing users, setting a password, setting an expiry date for a user account, and so on. This recipe demonstrates a user management tool to handle these tasks.
How to do it...
This script performs common user management tasks:
#!/bin/bash
#Filename: user_adm.sh
#Description: A user administration tool
function usage()
{
echo Usage:
echo Add a new user
echo $0 -adduser username password
echo
echo Remove an existing user
echo $0 -deluser username
echo
echo Set the default shell for the user
echo $0 -shell username SHELL_PATH
echo
echo Suspend a user account
echo $0 -disable username
echo
echo Enable a suspended user account
echo $0 -enable...
