[K12OSN] Add users from file

[Jim Hays]

If you have webmin installed, you can do this through a webmin 
interface.  I did it just yesterday.


daniel.hunt at iibbank.ie wrote:

>No need to bother, the addusers command takes care of this as far as I know!
>
>I know the man pages said something about adding multiple users from a
>textfile
>
>check it out!
>
>Daniel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cliebow at downeast.net [mailto:cliebow at downeast.net]
>Sent: 09 June 2004 15:02
>To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
>Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Add users from file
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>
>here is a little piece of script you can adapt
>
>
>2004.csv the script reads
>Brian,Austin,2004,Pa55word,baustin
>Colin,Barry,2004,Pa55word,cbarry
>Matthew,Becker,2004,Pa55word,mbecker
>Nicole,Bickford,2004,Pa55word,nbickfor
>################################################################
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>
>
>#################################################
>
>cat 2004.csv | while read line; do
>first=$(echo $line | cut -f1 -d ',')
>last=$(echo $line | cut -f2 -d ',')
>year=$(echo $line  | cut -f3 -d ',')
>password=$(echo $line | cut -f4 -d ',')
>name=$(echo $line | cut -f5 -d ',')
>stustaff=$(echo $line | cut -f6 -d ',')
> #ADD Students OR Staff TO CSV
>
>  
>
>>Does someone know of a script which takes names from a file and automakes
>>    
>>
>u> sername?
>  
>
>>I have a file with 300 names like so:
>>
>>John,Smith
>>
>>I want the script to go through the list and output another file like so:
>>
>>John Smith,johsm (for example)... Alternatively an output which can be fed
>>into the adduser batch in webmin.
>>
>>Anybody seed something like this?
>>
>>Regards
>>Trond Mæhlum
>>
>>    
>>
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