[K12OSN] user account scripts

[Robert Arkiletian]

On 1/4/07, Ray Garza <ray at mission.lib.tx.us> wrote:
> Hello Script Gurus,
>
> Anyone know how to create user accounts from a text file using scripts?
>
> Example:
>
> user_accounts.txt
> "username1","password"
> "username2","password"
> "username3","password"
> "username4","password"
>
> convert that list into users on a local machine

well here is one that works without the "," between the username and
password and no quotes around the strings.


#!/usr/bin/python
import os

f=file('/home/ray/user_accounts.txt','r')
for i in f:
    userinfo=i.split()
    os.system("/usr/sbin/useradd -g users -n "+userinfo[0])
    #check man page for useradd to customize as needed
    os.system("echo " +userinfo[1]+" | /usr/bin/passwd "+
userinfo[0]+" --stdin")
f.close

I haven't really tested it properly so use it at your own risk.

>
> Better yet I need to convert a dbase file of usernames and passwords into
> valid local user accounts. I can convert the dbase file to other formats if
> that helps.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ray
>
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