Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:44:19 -0500 From: "David Rhodus" <sdrhodus@wildcatblue.com> To: "Odhiambo Washington" <wash@wananchi.com>, "FBSD-ISP" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: User Maanagement (Bulk Processing) Message-ID: <001d01c1d01d$b81d9520$1506810a@asgidavid> References: <20020320142100.GJ14038@ns2.wananchi.com>
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Something like #!/bin/sh for a in `cat ./users.txt` ;do pw lock $a ;done then when user pays pw unlock user -- David Rhodus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Odhiambo Washington" <wash@wananchi.com> To: "FBSD-ISP" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:21 AM Subject: User Maanagement (Bulk Processing) > Hello people, > > Allow me to ask this because I work for an ISP ;-) Actually I am just seeking help > from shell script gurus. I have a shell script that I use to suspend user accounts > on my FreeBSD box. It works well for single user but there are time like now when > I want to suspend over 400 users for non payment. I have another script that can do > this but again the problem is my scripts are so crude they do not do any sensible > checks <LOL>. My bad. > > I am attaching the script - wol-suspend.sh Basically one of you gurus can be able > to modify this script so that it takes a flat file (badusers.txt) which has one > user per line and suspend all of them, yes?? I sincerely hate to do > > ./wol-suspend.sh userx > ./wol-suspend.sh userb > > My insistence on this is because our Customer Service Executives will verify the user's > status by doing > > finger userx > > and they'll see Plan: Suspended. > > > Other than this, what tools do pepole use for such tasks? Someone willing to share > what they have?? > > > > Thanking you. > > > -Wash > > -- > Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> "The box said 'Requires > Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' > Tel: 254 2 313985-9 Fax: 254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." > GSM: 254 72 743 223 GSM: 254 733 744 121 This sig is McQ! :-) > > ++ > Kleptomaniac, n.: > A rich thief. > -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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