#!/bin/sh # adduser script for use with shadow passwords and useradd command. # by Hrvoje Dogan , Dec 1995. echo -n "Login name for new user []:" read LOGIN if [ -z $LOGIN ] then echo "Come on, man, you can't leave the login field empty...";exit fi echo echo -n "User id for $LOGIN [ defaults to next available]:" read ID GUID="-u $ID" if [ -z $ID ] then GUID="" fi echo echo -n "Initial group for $LOGIN [users]:" read GID GGID="-g $GID" if [ -z $GID ] then GGID="" fi echo echo -n "Additional groups for $LOGIN []:" read AGID GAGID="-G $AGID" if [ -z $AGID ] then GAGID="" fi echo echo -n "$LOGIN's home directory [/home/$LOGIN]:" read HME GHME="-d $HME" if [ -z $HME ] then GHME="" fi echo echo -n "$LOGIN's shell [/bin/bash]:" read SHL GSHL="-s $SHL" if [ -z $SHL ] then GSHL="" fi echo echo -n "$LOGIN's account expiry date (MM/DD/YY) []:" read EXP GEXP="-e $EXP" if [ -z $EXP ] then GEXP="" fi echo echo OK, I'm about to make a new account. Here's what you entered so far: echo New login name: $LOGIN if [ -z $GUID ] then echo New UID: [Next available] else echo New UID: $UID fi if [ -z $GGID ] then echo Initial group: users else echo Initial group: $GID fi if [ -z $GAGID ] then echo Additional groups: [none] else echo Additional groups: $AGID fi if [ -z $GHME ] then echo Home directory: /home/$LOGIN else echo Home directory: $HME fi if [ -z $GSHL ] then echo Shell: /bin/bash else echo Shell: $SHL fi if [ -z $GEXP ] then echo Expiry date: [no expiration] else echo Expiry date: $EXP fi echo "This is it... if you want to bail out, you'd better do it now." read FOO echo Making new account... /usr/sbin/useradd $GHME -m $GEXP $GGID $GAGID $GSHL $GUID $LOGIN /usr/bin/chfn $LOGIN /usr/bin/passwd $LOGIN echo "Done..."