Hello Vinay, Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 12:04:02 AM, you wrote:
VK> One of the admins in our lab wanted to delete the user accounts VK> created in the previous year as they are not used any more. They are VK> like 500 odd. So I thought i would write a script to delete them. My VK> problem is that I have to seperate the users list from a huge list of VK> 2500 odd. Initially i thought I will output the username list based on VK> their date of creation.But I learnt that its difficult to retrieve the VK> creation date. Is there any way that i can segregate those 500 users VK> to a file based on some factor? When I log into most systems, the first line I see after my password is accepted tells me the last time I logged in. grep-ing whichever file(s) this bit of information is stored in for your specific OS/distro should permit you to write a script that can delete accounts based on how long it has been, since a user has logged in. -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
