[K12OSN] user account scripts

[Ray Garza]

I looked closely at the script using VI instead of of a GUI editor and found 
strange characters embedded. Deleted the characters and it worked fine 
afterwords.

On Tuesday 09 January 2007 12:58, Robert Arkiletian wrote:
> On 1/9/07, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 1/9/07, Ray Garza <ray at mission.lib.tx.us> wrote:
> > > Hi Robert,
> > >
> > > I tried your python script below on my home PC and it worked. But, when
> > > I try it on my work PC it doesn't. I get an error message as follows:
> > >
> > > sys:1: DeprecationWarning: Non-ASCII character '\xc2' in file import_os
> > > on line 7, but no encoding declared; see
> > > http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details
> > >   File "import_os", line 7
> > >      userinfo=i.split()
> > >     ^
> > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> > >
> > > I'm using Python version 2.4.4 at work and the box I really want it on
> > > is using version 2.3.4.
> >
> > I don't think the version of python matters. Looks like you are using
> > a password with the escape sequence
> >
> > \x
> >
> > which represents unicode (non standard ascii)
>
> Sorry it's not unicode. It's a hexadecimal escape sequence. Same problem
> though.
>
> > http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/index.php?title=Escape_sequences
> >
> > I am not sure how you would fix this. Other python people are welcome
> > to help. :)
> > My only suggestion would be try not to have the backslash char "\" in
> > usernames or passwords.
> >
> > > On the 2.3.4 box I also get the same error message.
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > > On Thursday 04 January 2007 18:19, Robert Arkiletian wrote:
> > > > 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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> > Robert Arkiletian
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