Script or makefile to automate new user creation?












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I'd like to have either a shell script or makefile to automate new user creation. I can't decide which of approach is better - a script or makefile?



I have two types or users - both are SFTP chrooted, individual account and a shared account for web domains.



New users "register" with an email address and I check DNS MX record if the domain is valid and RCPT if username is valid recipient.



Then I cannot use useradd -m as it would create homedir owned by the user, but for SFTP chroot it must be root owned and not writable by anybody else. Thus I create the dir and dir layout manually.



I can't also use userdel -r to remove such user completely, as userdel -r won't remove homedir if it is not owned by the user (at least on OpenBSD).



What's better for such task, a script or a makefile?



PS: I don't want to go with ansible etc...






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  • I wrote both for now, they do the same. The Makefile is half of length of the ksh script :)

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I'd like to have either a shell script or makefile to automate new user creation. I can't decide which of approach is better - a script or makefile?



I have two types or users - both are SFTP chrooted, individual account and a shared account for web domains.



New users "register" with an email address and I check DNS MX record if the domain is valid and RCPT if username is valid recipient.



Then I cannot use useradd -m as it would create homedir owned by the user, but for SFTP chroot it must be root owned and not writable by anybody else. Thus I create the dir and dir layout manually.



I can't also use userdel -r to remove such user completely, as userdel -r won't remove homedir if it is not owned by the user (at least on OpenBSD).



What's better for such task, a script or a makefile?



PS: I don't want to go with ansible etc...






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  • I wrote both for now, they do the same. The Makefile is half of length of the ksh script :)

    – Jiri B
    56 secs ago














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I'd like to have either a shell script or makefile to automate new user creation. I can't decide which of approach is better - a script or makefile?



I have two types or users - both are SFTP chrooted, individual account and a shared account for web domains.



New users "register" with an email address and I check DNS MX record if the domain is valid and RCPT if username is valid recipient.



Then I cannot use useradd -m as it would create homedir owned by the user, but for SFTP chroot it must be root owned and not writable by anybody else. Thus I create the dir and dir layout manually.



I can't also use userdel -r to remove such user completely, as userdel -r won't remove homedir if it is not owned by the user (at least on OpenBSD).



What's better for such task, a script or a makefile?



PS: I don't want to go with ansible etc...






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I'd like to have either a shell script or makefile to automate new user creation. I can't decide which of approach is better - a script or makefile?



I have two types or users - both are SFTP chrooted, individual account and a shared account for web domains.



New users "register" with an email address and I check DNS MX record if the domain is valid and RCPT if username is valid recipient.



Then I cannot use useradd -m as it would create homedir owned by the user, but for SFTP chroot it must be root owned and not writable by anybody else. Thus I create the dir and dir layout manually.



I can't also use userdel -r to remove such user completely, as userdel -r won't remove homedir if it is not owned by the user (at least on OpenBSD).



What's better for such task, a script or a makefile?



PS: I don't want to go with ansible etc...






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  • I wrote both for now, they do the same. The Makefile is half of length of the ksh script :)

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  • I wrote both for now, they do the same. The Makefile is half of length of the ksh script :)

    – Jiri B
    56 secs ago

















I wrote both for now, they do the same. The Makefile is half of length of the ksh script :)

– Jiri B
56 secs ago





I wrote both for now, they do the same. The Makefile is half of length of the ksh script :)

– Jiri B
56 secs ago










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