[K12OSN] Need a script

Tue Mar 1 20:39:49 UTC 2005

Hi folks

NEED: I am in dire need of a script that reads all users choosing only
certain ones, then creates folders in the webserver area, set
permissions and then creates a link back to the chosen user's home and
renames it.

EXPLANATION: I have created accounts for all teachers on K12LTSP V.4.2
servers (t.name##- a number based on the school code), and they all
belong to a group called <tchr>

Manually, I am going into /var/www/html and creating a folder called
t.name## (yes, one by one...). I then I set chmod 775 and chgrp tchr. I
then make a link of this /var/www/html/t.name## and move it to the
t.name## home area, where I rename it 'html' - this way, when a student
types http://servername/t.name# they can see any and all documents that
that teacher put in his/her <html> folder - I suggest to them to stay
away from using index.html, as that turns off the listing of that
'storage/drop area'

I would like to see if a small script can a) read all user names and
'select' those ending with ## (school number, and only teachers) - b)
create the folder in /var/www/html with that same name, c) set the
permissions, d) make an alias of it in the original home directory and
e) rename the alias to 'html', creating in effect a DROP FOLDER for all
to see via the apache web server...

Thanks in advance
Alan A Hodson
TIS/EPISD
http://links.episd.org/
aahodson at episd.org
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