Author: NANGI THANUSHA Date: 05/10/2025 Public: Yes
This article explains create_users.sh, a small bash utility to bulk-create users and groups on Ubuntu from a formatted text file. It creates a personal primary group for each user, sets home directory permissions, generates secure random passwords, logs activity to /var/log/user_management.log, and stores generated passwords in /var/secure/user_passwords.csv (owner-only read).
Each non-empty line of the input file must be: