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From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick@mip.co.za>
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Subject: RE: One for the script gurus
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:15:33 +0200
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Wash,

try this for a start:

-------
for usr in `grep -v "^#" /etc/passwd | cut -d":" -f1`
do
    mkdir /home/${usr}   # replace /home/ with whatever base you want
    chown ${usr} /home/${usr}
done
-------

This does not take care of group ownership of the directories, but it does
exclude comment lines in passwd from being processed.

Patrick.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Odhiambo
Washington
Sent: 22 August 2001 15:37
To: FBSD-Q
Subject: One for the script gurus


You have your /etc/passwd file and from it you want to create a home
directory for every user in it. I am imagining how to extract that info
from the file and use it to feed some script that would do what I want.
I am imagining some emergency situation where my /home tape backup has
goofed.
I leave it you to, please.

Thanks.

-Wash

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