Fabric script to properly set up a user on a remote Ubuntu.

fabfile.py

from crypt import crypt
from fabric.api import *
from fabric.contrib.files import append, uncomment

env.user = 'root'
env.use_ssh_config = True

def create_user(name, password):
    with hide('stdout'):
        run('useradd -m %s' % name)
        run('usermod --password %s %s' % (crypt(password, 'salt'), name))
        run('mkdir -p ~%s/.ssh' % name)
        run('cp ~/.ssh/authorized_keys ~%s/.ssh' % name)
        run('chown -R %s:%s ~%s/.ssh' % (name, name, name))
        run('chsh -s /bin/bash %s' % name)
        run('cp /etc/sudoers /tmp/sudoers.new')
        append('/tmp/sudoers.new', '%s ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL' % name, use_sudo=True)
        run('visudo -c -f /tmp/sudoers.new')
        run('EDITOR="cp /tmp/sudoers.new" visudo')
        uncomment('~%s/.bashrc' % name, '#force_color_prompt=yes')