How to make home directory of existing users?
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#!/bin/bash
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=","
while read firstname lastname userid
do
sudo useradd -c "${firstname}.${lastname}" -d /home/students/student/"${firstname}.${lastname}" -G students -s /bin/bash "${userid}"
done < hello.csv
bash
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#!/bin/bash
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=","
while read firstname lastname userid
do
sudo useradd -c "${firstname}.${lastname}" -d /home/students/student/"${firstname}.${lastname}" -G students -s /bin/bash "${userid}"
done < hello.csv
bash
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You might want to investigate thenewuserscommand ("update and create new users in batch")
– steeldriver
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#!/bin/bash
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=","
while read firstname lastname userid
do
sudo useradd -c "${firstname}.${lastname}" -d /home/students/student/"${firstname}.${lastname}" -G students -s /bin/bash "${userid}"
done < hello.csv
bash
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#!/bin/bash
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=","
while read firstname lastname userid
do
sudo useradd -c "${firstname}.${lastname}" -d /home/students/student/"${firstname}.${lastname}" -G students -s /bin/bash "${userid}"
done < hello.csv
bash
bash
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You might want to investigate thenewuserscommand ("update and create new users in batch")
– steeldriver
2 days ago
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You might want to investigate thenewuserscommand ("update and create new users in batch")
– steeldriver
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You might want to investigate the
newusers command ("update and create new users in batch")– steeldriver
2 days ago
You might want to investigate the
newusers command ("update and create new users in batch")– steeldriver
2 days ago
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From the manpage:
-m, --create-home
Create the user's home directory if it does not exist.
The files and directories contained in the skeleton directory
(which can be defined with the -k option) will be copied to
the home directory.
By default, if this option is not specified and CREATE_HOME
is not enabled, no home directories are created.
However, I would strongly suggest to not use a user's real name
for the $HOME directory as you did with -d /home/students/student/"${firstname}.${lastname}".
Think of (real) usernames like "John A. Doe".
His $HOME directory would contain a space and that is not exactly userfriendly.
edited 2 days ago
wizzwizz4
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answered Jan 6 at 13:19
PerlDuckPerlDuck
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Or someone with a non-latin name. Would not work. Usernames has to match[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]?according toman useradd
– vidarlo
Jan 6 at 13:44
1
@vidarlo Not quite. What you say is true for the username (the string you get fromidor what you need to type when logging in, e.g.pduck). But the OP uses the real name for the $HOME path, e.g./home/students/student/Perl.Duck. Here, anything that is a valid filename is allowed but when it contains weird characters you always have to write"$HOME"instead of just$HOMEand I'm tempted to predict that users will keep asking the OP whycd /home/students/student/John A. Doewon't take them to their home directory but complain about cd: too many arguments instead.
– PerlDuck
2 days ago
Good distinction. I didn't spot that :)
– vidarlo
2 days ago
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From the manpage:
-m, --create-home
Create the user's home directory if it does not exist.
The files and directories contained in the skeleton directory
(which can be defined with the -k option) will be copied to
the home directory.
By default, if this option is not specified and CREATE_HOME
is not enabled, no home directories are created.
However, I would strongly suggest to not use a user's real name
for the $HOME directory as you did with -d /home/students/student/"${firstname}.${lastname}".
Think of (real) usernames like "John A. Doe".
His $HOME directory would contain a space and that is not exactly userfriendly.
edited 2 days ago
wizzwizz4
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answered Jan 6 at 13:19
PerlDuckPerlDuck
5,52411231
Or someone with a non-latin name. Would not work. Usernames has to match[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]?according toman useradd
– vidarlo
Jan 6 at 13:44
1
@vidarlo Not quite. What you say is true for the username (the string you get fromidor what you need to type when logging in, e.g.pduck). But the OP uses the real name for the $HOME path, e.g./home/students/student/Perl.Duck. Here, anything that is a valid filename is allowed but when it contains weird characters you always have to write"$HOME"instead of just$HOMEand I'm tempted to predict that users will keep asking the OP whycd /home/students/student/John A. Doewon't take them to their home directory but complain about cd: too many arguments instead.
– PerlDuck
2 days ago
Good distinction. I didn't spot that :)
– vidarlo
2 days ago
add a comment |
5
From the manpage:
-m, --create-home
Create the user's home directory if it does not exist.
The files and directories contained in the skeleton directory
(which can be defined with the -k option) will be copied to
the home directory.
By default, if this option is not specified and CREATE_HOME
is not enabled, no home directories are created.
However, I would strongly suggest to not use a user's real name
for the $HOME directory as you did with -d /home/students/student/"${firstname}.${lastname}".
Think of (real) usernames like "John A. Doe".
His $HOME directory would contain a space and that is not exactly userfriendly.
edited 2 days ago
wizzwizz4
1176
answered Jan 6 at 13:19
PerlDuckPerlDuck
5,52411231
Or someone with a non-latin name. Would not work. Usernames has to match[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]?according toman useradd
– vidarlo
Jan 6 at 13:44
1
@vidarlo Not quite. What you say is true for the username (the string you get fromidor what you need to type when logging in, e.g.pduck). But the OP uses the real name for the $HOME path, e.g./home/students/student/Perl.Duck. Here, anything that is a valid filename is allowed but when it contains weird characters you always have to write"$HOME"instead of just$HOMEand I'm tempted to predict that users will keep asking the OP whycd /home/students/student/John A. Doewon't take them to their home directory but complain about cd: too many arguments instead.
– PerlDuck
2 days ago
Good distinction. I didn't spot that :)
– vidarlo
2 days ago
add a comment |
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From the manpage:
-m, --create-home
Create the user's home directory if it does not exist.
The files and directories contained in the skeleton directory
(which can be defined with the -k option) will be copied to
the home directory.
By default, if this option is not specified and CREATE_HOME
is not enabled, no home directories are created.
However, I would strongly suggest to not use a user's real name
for the $HOME directory as you did with -d /home/students/student/"${firstname}.${lastname}".
Think of (real) usernames like "John A. Doe".
His $HOME directory would contain a space and that is not exactly userfriendly.
edited 2 days ago
wizzwizz4
1176
answered Jan 6 at 13:19
PerlDuckPerlDuck
5,52411231
From the manpage:
-m, --create-home
Create the user's home directory if it does not exist.
The files and directories contained in the skeleton directory
(which can be defined with the -k option) will be copied to
the home directory.
By default, if this option is not specified and CREATE_HOME
is not enabled, no home directories are created.
However, I would strongly suggest to not use a user's real name
for the $HOME directory as you did with -d /home/students/student/"${firstname}.${lastname}".
Think of (real) usernames like "John A. Doe".
His $HOME directory would contain a space and that is not exactly userfriendly.
edited 2 days ago
wizzwizz4
1176
answered Jan 6 at 13:19
PerlDuckPerlDuck
5,52411231
edited 2 days ago
wizzwizz4
1176
edited 2 days ago
wizzwizz4
1176
edited 2 days ago
wizzwizz4
1176
1176
answered Jan 6 at 13:19
PerlDuckPerlDuck
5,52411231
answered Jan 6 at 13:19
PerlDuckPerlDuck
5,52411231
answered Jan 6 at 13:19
PerlDuckPerlDuck
5,52411231
5,52411231
Or someone with a non-latin name. Would not work. Usernames has to match[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]?according toman useradd
– vidarlo
Jan 6 at 13:44
1
@vidarlo Not quite. What you say is true for the username (the string you get fromidor what you need to type when logging in, e.g.pduck). But the OP uses the real name for the $HOME path, e.g./home/students/student/Perl.Duck. Here, anything that is a valid filename is allowed but when it contains weird characters you always have to write"$HOME"instead of just$HOMEand I'm tempted to predict that users will keep asking the OP whycd /home/students/student/John A. Doewon't take them to their home directory but complain about cd: too many arguments instead.
– PerlDuck
2 days ago
Good distinction. I didn't spot that :)
– vidarlo
2 days ago
add a comment |
Or someone with a non-latin name. Would not work. Usernames has to match[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]?according toman useradd
– vidarlo
Jan 6 at 13:44
1
@vidarlo Not quite. What you say is true for the username (the string you get fromidor what you need to type when logging in, e.g.pduck). But the OP uses the real name for the $HOME path, e.g./home/students/student/Perl.Duck. Here, anything that is a valid filename is allowed but when it contains weird characters you always have to write"$HOME"instead of just$HOMEand I'm tempted to predict that users will keep asking the OP whycd /home/students/student/John A. Doewon't take them to their home directory but complain about cd: too many arguments instead.
– PerlDuck
2 days ago
Good distinction. I didn't spot that :)
– vidarlo
2 days ago
Or someone with a non-latin name. Would not work. Usernames has to match
[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]? according to man useradd– vidarlo
Jan 6 at 13:44
Or someone with a non-latin name. Would not work. Usernames has to match
[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]? according to man useradd– vidarlo
Jan 6 at 13:44
1
1
@vidarlo Not quite. What you say is true for the username (the string you get from
id or what you need to type when logging in, e.g. pduck). But the OP uses the real name for the $HOME path, e.g. /home/students/student/Perl.Duck. Here, anything that is a valid filename is allowed but when it contains weird characters you always have to write "$HOME" instead of just $HOME and I'm tempted to predict that users will keep asking the OP why cd /home/students/student/John A. Doe won't take them to their home directory but complain about cd: too many arguments instead.– PerlDuck
2 days ago
@vidarlo Not quite. What you say is true for the username (the string you get from
id or what you need to type when logging in, e.g. pduck). But the OP uses the real name for the $HOME path, e.g. /home/students/student/Perl.Duck. Here, anything that is a valid filename is allowed but when it contains weird characters you always have to write "$HOME" instead of just $HOME and I'm tempted to predict that users will keep asking the OP why cd /home/students/student/John A. Doe won't take them to their home directory but complain about cd: too many arguments instead.– PerlDuck
2 days ago
Good distinction. I didn't spot that :)
– vidarlo
2 days ago
Good distinction. I didn't spot that :)
– vidarlo
2 days ago
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You might want to investigate the
newuserscommand ("update and create new users in batch")– steeldriver
2 days ago
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– David Foerster
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