On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:07:02PM -0700, Jyotishmaan Ray wrote: > Depending on the Linux system's policies, executing a command like this:
useradd -m -d /mnt/btech -c $encrypted_password -s $shell $user will: - create the UID in the password database - create a group ID in /etc/groups - add that password to the password database - create the user's home directory - cause said directory to be owned by that new UID and GID - populate that directory with any template for .bashrc, etc. as are configured in /etc/skel Read the manpage for the command your OS is using. These commands come with other arguments to manage auxiliary groups, nonstandard home directory locations, etc. Check for errors on each invokation; any of the above actions may have failed for any reason. If you want to make use of the specific UIDs and GIDs in the LDAP data, you'll have to mess with adding groups, etc. more manually. See groupadd(8). If you want to preserve the password aging data, that gets more tricky, but is still doable; see chage(1). This is not an LDAP question. This is not a perl question. There are many forums that document this, and there are many Googleable (is that a verb?) instances of perl "add user" out there, many using LDAP as a source of users. There are consultants out there who'll do this work for pay, if you feel you're in over your head. Good luck! -- Brian Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 55 Crystal Ave. #286 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1725 USA BSD admin/developer at large
