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Jim C wrote on Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 07:28:07PM -0800 :
> >newldif="./file2"
> Herein lies part of the problem.
> I don't want to use a file for scaleability reasons and I can't think of
> any reason why it should be nescesary. In theory I should be able to
> store all of the text in a shell variable and then redirect the output
> of echo to ldapadd. So far I can get the text in but when I pass it to
You're right, this is part of the problem. Shell variables don't keep
the newline characters. Witness:
[todd@fiji ~/tmp]$ cat file1
#!/bin/bash
TEMP="line1
line2
line3"
echo $TEMP
[todd@fiji ~/tmp]$ ./file1
line1 line2 line3
I don't see why you just don't do this:
#!/bin/bash
if [ ! $1 ]; then
echo "Sorry, you must pass the userid to add to directory."
exit 1
fi
binddn="cn=root,dc=microverse,dc=net"
pw4binddn="[deleted for security]"
ldaphost="ldap://localhost";
base="ou=Computers,dc=microverse,dc=net"
basetest="ou=People,dc=microverse,dc=net"
minimumUID=501
groupnum=421
# 1. Search the LDAP database and return all uidNumber attributes in a
# given base
store=`ldapsearch -LLL -D $binddn -H $ldaphost -b$base -x "(cn=*)" uidNumber | \
grep uidNumber | \
sed -e 's/^uidNumber://' | sort -nr | head -n 1`
newtest=`ldapsearch -LLL -D $binddn -H $ldaphost -b$basetest -x "(cn=*)" uidNumber | \
grep uidNumber | \
sed -e 's/^uidNumber://' | sort -nr`
echo ${newtest[0]}
#It is best not to start at 0 or 1 as these could be privledged.
if [ "$store" = "" ]
then
store=$minimumUID
else
store=`expr $store + 1`
fi
LDAPADD="ldapadd -vx -D $binddn -W $pw4binddn"
$LDAPADD <<hrdoc
dn: uid=$1,ou=Computers,dc=microverse,dc=net
objectClass: top
objectClass: account
objectClass: posixAccount
uidNumber: $store
uid: $1
cn: $1
gidNumber: $groupnum
homeDirectory: /dev/null
loginShell: /bin/false
gecos: Machine Account
description: Machine Account
hrdoc
echo `expr $store + 1`
Blue skies... Todd
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Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
Favourite shell: bash, though I also like 'init=/usr/bin/emacs'
--Andrew Tridgell
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