Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:14:11 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.biz> To: David Rhodus <sdrhodus@wildcatblue.com> Cc: FBSD-ISP <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: User Maanagement (Bulk Processing) Message-ID: <20020320151411.GN14038@ns2.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <001d01c1d01d$b81d9520$1506810a@asgidavid> References: <20020320142100.GJ14038@ns2.wananchi.com> <001d01c1d01d$b81d9520$1506810a@asgidavid>
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* David Rhodus <sdrhodus@wildcatblue.com> [20020320 17:49]: wrote: > Something like > #!/bin/sh > for a in `cat ./users.txt` ;do pw lock $a ;done > > then when user pays > pw unlock user Hmm, this does the trick. In fact I hadn't know about this even. However our CS Excecutives need to know when a user is locked out and the only way I can do this, because they finger the user, is to append "Suspended" to the user's .plan when I suspend and sub the word with a blank when I unsuspend. Thank you for this tip. I'll make use of it some day. > > -- > David Rhodus > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Odhiambo Washington" <wash@wananchi.com> > To: "FBSD-ISP" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:21 AM > Subject: User Maanagement (Bulk Processing) > > > > 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" > > -Wash S y s t e m s A d m i n i s t r a t o r -- Odhiambo Washington /"\ RED Ribbon Campaign Wananchi Online Ltd., \ / Against AIDS. <wash@wananchi.com> X "Help fight the scourge - Tel: 254 2 313 985-9 / \ use a condom if you _must_" ++ Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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