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From: "Jim Flowers" <jflowers@ezo.net>
To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>,
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Subject: Re: User Maanagement (Bulk Processing)
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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>

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