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#!/bin/bash | |
# clone a user | |
# usage: | |
# if you named this as below then | |
# change to the directory and run this command | |
# sudo bash clone-user.sh | |
echo "=============" | |
echo "this script will create a new user" | |
echo "based on an existing user's data" | |
echo | |
echo "You will be shown a list of users who can currently log on" | |
echo "Remember which user you would like to clone." | |
echo "You will be asked for the new user's name, their password" | |
echo "and the old user to clone". | |
echo "=============" | |
echo | |
echo -n "New user's name: " | |
read newuser | |
echo -n "New user's password: " | |
read newpassword | |
echo | |
echo "Current users you can clone:" | |
echo "----" | |
awk -F'[/:]' '{if ($3 >= 1000 && $3 != 65534) print $1}' /etc/passwd | |
echo | |
echo -n "Old user to clone: " | |
read olduser | |
echo | |
echo "You have selected: " | |
echo "----" | |
echo "new user: $newuser" | |
echo "new user password: $newpassword" | |
echo "old user: $olduser" | |
echo | |
olduser_GROUPS=$(id -Gn ${olduser} | sed "s/${olduser} //g" | sed "s/ ${olduser}//g" | sed "s/ /,/g") | |
olduser_SHELL=$(awk -F : -v name=${olduser} '(name == $1) { print $7 }' /etc/passwd) | |
echo "old user groups: " | |
echo "----" | |
echo $olduser_GROUPS | |
echo "olduser shell: " | |
echo $olduser_SHELL | |
read -rsp $'Press any key to continue or ctrl-c to exit...\n' -n1 key | |
useradd --groups $olduser_GROUPS --shell $olduser_SHELL $newuser | |
echo $newuser:$newpassword | chpasswd | |
read -rsp $'ready to make home direcoty -- ctrl-c to exit...\n' -n1 key | |
mkdir /home/$newuser | |
chown -R $newuser:$newuser /home/$newuser | |
echo | |
echo "Script should be done now." | |
echo | |
echo "Do you see your new users name below?" | |
echo | |
awk -F'[/:]' '{if ($3 >= 1000 && $3 != 65534) print $1}' /etc/passwd | |
echo | |
echo "We are now going to copy the old user's home folder to the new user" | |
echo "then change ownership to the new user" | |
echo | |
read -rsp $'Ready to copy home folder --- or ctrl-c to exit...\n' -n1 key | |
rsync -aPv /home/$olduser/. /home/$newuser/ | |
chown -R --from=$olduser $newuser:$newuser /home/$newuser | |
echo | |
echo "Now we are going to change the names of files and folders to the new user" | |
echo | |
grep -rlI $olduser /home/$newuser/ . | sudo xargs sed -i 's/$olduser/$newuser/g' | |
echo | |
echo "Done now." | |
echo | |
read -rsp $'Press any key to exit...\n' -n1 key | |
echo | |
echo |
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