hello,

i have the following problem.

i create a new user with useradd in a shell by the following command:

useradd -c "$3" -d /home/ftp/$1 -g ftp -m -k /home/ftp/vorlage -s /bin/sh -p $(perl -e "print crypt('$2','UM');") $1
chmod 770 /home/ftp/$1/*

after that i have to correct entries in the passwd and the shadow file because the username contain only numeric and this wouldn`t work. so i create the user with an leading 'B'.

here is an example

B47600:x:1000:500:Muster, Test:/home/ftp/47600:/bin/sh

now i have to change directly the entry in both files (passwd and shadow). so it looks like:

47600:x:1000:500:Muster, Test:/home/ftp/47600:/bin/sh

how can i fix these entries?

michael

Not recommended to change these files by hand, but if you really have to:

sed is the command to script files edits.
For example
sed '/^B47600:/47600:/' file1 > file2
mv file2 file1

Make sure you backup the passwd and shadow files before running the script!

hello,

i think i found a better solution. here it is

...
useradd -c "$3" -d /home/ftp/$1 -g ftp -m -k /home/ftp/vorlage -s /bin/sh -p $(perl -e "print crypt('$2','UM');") $1
chmod 770 /home/ftp/$1/*
vi passwd << EOD
:%s/B47600/47600/g
:wq
EOD
vi shadow << EOD
:%s/B47600/47600/g
:wq
EOD
...
when i change the entry as i have shown, i don´t need a second file and move it back to the original file.

thanks for your help