[K12OSN] creating accounts
gKw-X
gkw-x at shaw.ca
Thu Sep 29 07:47:42 UTC 2005
Does it matter what the filename is? Does it need a special extension or
something?
Samps wrote:
> gKw-X wrote:
>
>> I need to create a large number of accounts. I've whipped up a program
>> to generate a script from a text list of students. What it generates
>> looks like this:
>>
>> groupadd "Grade3"
>> groupadd "Grade2"
>> groupadd "Grade1"
>> groupadd "Grade6"
>> groupadd "Grade7"
>> groupadd "Grade4"
>> groupadd "GradeK"
>> groupadd "Grade5"
>> useradd -c "Kayla Abad" -d /home/kabad -g Grade3 kabad -p kaab
>>
>> Etc, one useradd line for each student. Does that look correct? I'm
>> still new to linux, how can I run this script?
>>
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>>
> Add a line at the top of your script to tell it where to find its
> command interpreter:
>
> #! /bin/bash
> groupadd "Grade3"
> groupadd "Grade2"
> groupadd "Grade1"
> groupadd "Grade6"
>
> (you can find the name of your shell (/bin/bash) by typing echo $SHELL
> on a commandline)
>
> save your script and make it executable by changing its attributes:
>
> chmod +x yourscript
>
> or
>
> chmod +x /path/to/yourscript
>
> if you're not "standing right next to it"
>
>
> run it by typing :
>
> /path/to/yourscript
>
> or
>
> ./yourscript
>
> if you're able to "see" it from where you are...
>
> cheers
> Samps
>
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