On Tue, May 5, 2020, 20:40 Muhammed Suhail <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hello again, Ragini,
>
> So I used [[ $UID != 0 ]] to check for root.
>
> @Nikhilesh I modified the script and find below the latest iteration:
> #!/bin/bash
> #!/bin/sh
>
Why do you have mentioning two shells ?
if [[ $UID != 0 ]]
> then
> exit 1
> fi
>
> if [[ $?=0 ]]
> then
> read -p 'Enter the new username' $USER_NAME
> read -p 'Enter Real name' $COMMENT
> read -p 'Enter password' $PASSWORD
> else
> exit 1
> fi
> #create account
> if [[ "${?}" == 0 ]]
> then
> useradd -c "${COMMENT}"-m $USER_NAME
> echo $PASSWORD | passwd --stdin ${USER_NAME}
>
For a fast check, you can run these individual commands on terminal.
Set $username, $password, $comment in the shell.
Then execute the useradd command and the password command. If they work.
Then the script should not have a problem. You can verify it that way too.
echo Working...
> else
> echo not working
> exit 1
> fi
>
> if [[ $? == 0 ]]
> then
> echo "Account Created" "Username: ${user_name}, Host: ${HOSTNAME}"
>
>
> Issues:
> -So I had a previous iteration which gives an error "Unexpected end of
> file"
> - The script fails at the useradd command.
>
> Can you please describe what is the exact syntax error you getting?
Thank you.
Susarla Nikhilesh
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