find next free gid and uid (and find identical id number free in both /etc/passwd and /etc/group) 1

[w5000]

hello,

the two commands below, gives me one next free uid and second one next free group id on a system (both from range 2000-10000)

I need to find first free number from that range, which is the same for /etc/passwd and /etc/group (to create a user with the same number of his uid and gid where guid are from mentined range).

awk -F: '{uid[$3]=1}END{for(x=2000; x<=10000; x++) {if(uid[x] != ""){}else{print x; exit;}}}' /etc/passwd
awk -F: '{uid[$3]=1}END{for(x=2000; x<=10000; x++) {if(uid[x] != ""){}else{print x; exit;}}}' /etc/group

thx,
kind regards,

 

[feherke]

Hi

So you want the first number starting from 2000 which is neither in /etc/passwd nor in /etc/group ? Then why not just pass both files to your Awk one-liner ? After all, you not seem to be interested why [tt]uid[$3][/tt] will be set to 1. Otherwise I would just reduce abit that [tt]if[/tt] part :

awk -F: '[teal]{[/teal]uid[teal][[/teal][navy]$3[/navy][teal]]=[/teal][purple]1[/purple][teal]}[/teal][b]END[/b][teal]{[/teal][b]for[/b][teal]([/teal][navy]x[/navy][teal]=[/teal][purple]2000[/purple][teal];[/teal]x[teal]<=[/teal][purple]10000[/purple][teal];[/teal]x[teal]++)[/teal][b]if[/b][teal](![/teal]uid[teal][[/teal]x[teal]])[/teal][teal]{[/teal][b]print[/b] x[teal];[/teal][b]exit[/b][teal]}}[/teal]' /etc/passwd /etc/group

Feherke.
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[w5000]

thx, just one more question.

if I would like to do "the same" but for e.g. 4 files, I can't give the 4 files as parameters, and instead I could 'cat' all 4 files to one and then process one?

or maybe there is a way to give all four files "on fly" to the command?

 

[PHV]

I can't give the 4 files as parameters
Why ?

 

[w5000]

hmmm,, indeed no problem with 4 or more files... thx.

$ first=6000
$ max=10000
$ paste file1 file2 file3 file4
a:6001  b:6000  c:6000  d:6005
a:6002  b:6002  c:6000  d:6004
a:6000  b:6002  c:6003  d:6004
a:6000  b:6001  c:6004  d:6003
a:6000  b:6000  c:6001  d:6002
        b:6000  c:6000  d:6000
                c:6000  d:6000
                        d:6000
$ awk -F: -vl=${first} -vm=${max} '{uid[$2]=1}END{for(x=l;x<=m;x++)if(!uid[x]){print x;exit}}' file1 file2 file3 file4
6006
$ echo b:10000 >>file1
$ paste file1 file2 file3 file4
a:6001  b:6000  c:6000  d:6005
a:6002  b:6002  c:6000  d:6004
a:6000  b:6002  c:6003  d:6004
a:6000  b:6001  c:6004  d:6003
a:6000  b:6000  c:6001  d:6002
b:10000 b:6000  c:6000  d:6000
                c:6000  d:6000
                        d:6000
$ awk -F: -vl=${first} -vm=${max} '{uid[$2]=1}END{for(x=l;x<=m;x++)if(!uid[x]){print x;exit}}' file1 file2 file3 file4
6006
$ echo b:6007 >>file4
$ awk -F: -vl=${first} -vm=${max} '{uid[$2]=1}END{for(x=l;x<=m;x++)if(!uid[x]){print x;exit}}' file1 file2 file3 file4
6006
$ echo b:6006 >>file4
$ awk -F: -vl=${first} -vm=${max} '{uid[$2]=1}END{for(x=l;x<=m;x++)if(!uid[x]){print x;exit}}' file1 file2 file3 file4
6008
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