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KenCunningham
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A version for Solaris (assuming your names are in a file called names and you wish to start with a UID of 1003 and a GID of 10):
counter=1003
x=1
for name in `cat names`
do
echo "user"$x"::"$counter":10:"$name":/export/home/"user"$x:/bin/ksh" >> /etc/passwd
mkdir /export/home/user$x
pwconv
counter=`expr $counter + 1`
x=`expr $x + 1`
done
This assumes all names are one string (eg kencunningham) and sets a null password which the user can set when first logging in.
I wouldn't recommend this approach in general terms, however!
counter=1003
x=1
for name in `cat names`
do
echo "user"$x"::"$counter":10:"$name":/export/home/"user"$x:/bin/ksh" >> /etc/passwd
mkdir /export/home/user$x
pwconv
counter=`expr $counter + 1`
x=`expr $x + 1`
done
This assumes all names are one string (eg kencunningham) and sets a null password which the user can set when first logging in.
I wouldn't recommend this approach in general terms, however!
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