RalfGesellensetter wrote: > Am Donnerstag 23 März 2006 16:22 schrieb Knut Yrvin: > >>-- Yes, the system admins also ask for a command line tools for >> handling users. > > > Indeed, this reminds me that I am still looking for the command line / > script rendering this task: > > 1. I have 100 teachers, all in group "teachers". > 2. I have a new students group "B2006" which has its own common > subfolder in home0/Transfer/B2006. Write access is set to group > "B2006". > > Now, in order to give all teachers write access to this shared folder, I > need to join them to group "B2006". With WLUS, I can do so for a single > teacher. This takes to long time for 100 teachers. > > What I need is a command line or script that joins a set of users (I can > provide a list of teachers to start with) into a given group (B2006).
# Using variables is nice GROUP=B2006 #First we list all the teachers for TEACHER in $(getent group teachers | cut -f4 -d: | tr "," " ") ; do # Then check if teacher is already a member of group $GROUP id $TEACHER | grep -q "($GROUP)" && continue # Then we create a small ldif to add the user to the group echo "dn: cn=$GROUP;ou=Group,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no" echo "changeType: Modify" echo "add: MemberUid" echo "memberUid: $TEACHER" echo # when all is done feed everything through ldapmodify done | ldapmodify -xWZD cn=admin,ou=People,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no # OK - Done > The minimum help I ask for is a command line joining user $U into group > $G. The maximum I hope for is a command that includes Group $G1 into > $G2 (all users in G1 will join G2). Well, wrap it into a script, and you're set > Thanks a million Were should I send the bill ? Sorry, if you wont pay, I wont test it, so , It's completely untested -- Finn-Arne Johansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bzz.no/ Debian-edu developer and Solution provider EE2A71C6403A3D191FCDC043006F1215062E6642 062E6642 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
