[K12OSN] HELP!! creating bulk users

[Brad Johnson]

There are things like that for Novell...it's called uimport, and I used 
it to import Linux group and home directory information for 3,000 
users...if you want, I can email you the info on how it works.

Brad

Doug Simpson wrote:
> AMEN THAT!!! I wish there were good things like that for Novell! Funny
> the 'free' stuff has better, easier to use, faster, smoother, tools than
> the expensive, costly (time and money), slow, unhandy, rediculous paid
> for stuff!
>
> (I'd go back to the easy, good, efficient, fast, smooth, solid 'free'
> stuff in a SECOND if I could!)
>
> JMHO - YMMV
>
> Doug
>
> ('free' refers to free as in beer; linux) 'paid for' means Novelln this
> case. . .
>
> Doug Simpson
> Technology Specialist
> De Queen Public Schools
> De Queen, AR
> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
>
>   
>>>> <rmcdaniel at indata.us> 8/23/2007 3:06 PM >>>
>>>>         
> Randy,
>  
> Have you used Webmin?  I use Webmin and the bulk user add utility.  You
> just import a CSV file into the script and it adds each user, creates
> home directory, etc.
>  
>  
> Ron
>
> Ronald R. McDaniel
> Technology Coordinator
> Conecuh County Schools
> (251) 578-1752 x30
> rmcdaniel at indata.us 
>
> “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which
> matter least” Goethe
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [K12OSN] HELP!! creating bulk users
> From: "Randall Swift" <swift at msad52.org>
> Date: Thu, August 23, 2007 2:20 pm
> To: k12osn at redhat.com 
>
> I have a server with ubuntu 6.06 on it. I ran the smbldap-installer
> script and have it set up as my pdc. I created over 800 users useing
> the
> bulk add scripts that came with the installer. I noticed however that
> it
> did not create any home directory for these users. If I manually create
> a
> single user everything is fine home directory is created. I need to
> have
> home directories for these users. I need this fixed fast as school
> starts
> next week. Everything worked fine last year when I had it all running
> on
> fedora. This summer I switched it all over to ubuntu and have had
> nothing
> but headaches. I need help fast. Thanks for any input.
>
> Randy Swift
> Networ! k Administrator
> Leavitt Area High School
> Turner, Maine 04282
> (207)225-3533
> swift at msad52.k12.me.us (
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