Adding a file to the home directory of users 2

[mohmin]

Guys,
I need to add a particular file to the home directories of each user on AIX server.

Is there a quicker way doing this rather than going to the home directory of each user and copying?


Will appreciate,
Mohmin.

 

[Breslau]

something like

for I in `ls -1 /home`;do
cp <file> /home/$I
done


might work. you could filter for directories where you don't want to copy this file, like lost+found, etc... or just go behind yourself and remove them by hand.

 

[mohmin]

Hey Breslau,
I need to add the file to the home directories of all users belonging to a partciluar group only, how would this be accomplished?

thanks,
Moh.

 

[ac325ci]

for I in `ls -l /home|grep group|awk '{print $NF}'`;do
cp <file> /home/$I
done

 

[Breslau]

if you want to match on a specific group and not just the one listed on the user's home dir (which is what i think you're asking for) then this might work:

for I in `ls -1 /home |awk '{print $1}'`;do
if [ "$I" != "lost+found" ]
then
for J in `groups $I`;do
if [ "$J" = "groupname" ]
then
cp <file> /home/$I;
fi
done
fi
done

while not foolproof, it at least skips the lost+found directory, if your home dirs are in a filesystem of their own. you could tweak something like this and place it in a script if the file copy task is something you do on a regular basis.

anyway, hope it helps...

 

[columb]

Why not identify the home directories from /etc/passwd.

for i in $(cat userlist)
do
  cp $file $(egrep ^${i}: /etc/passwd | cut -f 6 -d :)
done

How you create userlist is another matter. If you're using AIX you can use lsgroup or use groups as per Breslau's suggestion

Columb Healy