Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:50:05 -0500 From: "Jim Flowers" <jflowers@ezo.net> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>, FBSD-ISP <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: User Maanagement (Bulk Processing) Message-ID: <20020320095005.M82852@ezo.net> In-Reply-To: <20020320142100.GJ14038@ns2.wananchi.com> References: <20020320142100.GJ14038@ns2.wananchi.com>
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users=`cat badusers.txt` for user in $users; do wol-suspend.sh $user done and, no doubt, something similar to restore them. > Hello people, > > Allow me to ask this because I work for an ISP ;-) Actually > I am just seeking help from shell script gurus. I have a shell > script that I use to suspend user accounts on my FreeBSD box. > It works well for single user but there are time like now when > I want to suspend over 400 users for non payment. I have another > script that can do this but again the problem is my scripts > are so crude they do not do any sensible checks <LOL>. My bad. > > I am attaching the script - wol-suspend.sh Basically one of > you gurus can be able to modify this script so that it takes > a flat file (badusers.txt) which has one user per line and > suspend all of them, yes?? I sincerely hate to do > > ./wol-suspend.sh userx > ./wol-suspend.sh userb > > My insistence on this is because our Customer Service Executives > will verify the user's status by doing > > finger userx > > and they'll see Plan: Suspended. > > Other than this, what tools do pepole use for such tasks? Someone > willing to share what they have?? > > Thanking you. > > -Wash > > -- > Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> "The box said 'Requires > Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, > or better,' Tel: 254 2 313985-9 Fax: 254 2 313922 so > I installed FreeBSD." GSM: 254 72 743 223 GSM: 254 733 > 744 121 This sig is McQ! :-) > > ++ > Kleptomaniac, n.: > A rich thief. > -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" -- Jim Flowers<jflowers@ezo.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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