dovecot-password_generator_shell_functions

.bashrc-dovecot-helper

function password () {  
        echo "$(< /dev/urandom tr -dc "A-Za-z0-9" | head -c${1:-16};echo;)"  
}         
function dovecot-hash(){  
        if [ -z "${1}" ]  
        then   
                echo "requires password to be hashed -- exiting"  
                return 1          
        else      
                echo $(doveadm pw -p ${1} -s sha512 -r 100)  
        fi        
}         
function dovecot-create-user(){  
        if [ -z "${1}" ]   
        then   
                echo "this command requires an argument of the userid to be created -- exiting"  
                return 1  
        else      
                local user="${1}"  
                local fquser="${1}@$HOSTNAME"  
                echo "Creating user ${fquser}"  
        fi        
        local p=$(password)  
        local hash=$(dovecot-hash ${p})  
        echo "Created user ${fquser} with password ${p}..."  
        psql -U mailreader -d mail -c "INSERT INTO users (email, password, maildir) VALUES ('${fquser}','${hash}','${user}/');"  
        echo "Confirming user ${fquser} exists..."  
        psql -U mailreader -d mail -c "SELECT * FROM users WHERE email='${fquser}'"  
        echo "Finished"  
}