Lock list of users in /etc/passwd via script
Lets say I have a list of users in a file somewhere:
mark
billy
sam
Here are the entries in /etc/passwd:
mark:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/mark:/bin/bash
billy:x:1002:1002:,,,:/home/sam:/bin/bash
sam:x:1002:1003:,,,:/home/billy:/bin/csh
I want to change all of these entries to /bin/nologon
Context: I was given a list of users and need to lock the accounts. I'm not allowed to use the typical usermod or passwd command. Only use a script by finding the users and replacing. Here's what I got so far but I'm lost.
#!/bin/bash
User="$(cat /home/billy/file)"
User2="$(cat /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1)"
for i in $User
do "some sed command?"
It's hard because some users use bash and others use csh.
linux scripting passwd nologin
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Lets say I have a list of users in a file somewhere:
mark
billy
sam
Here are the entries in /etc/passwd:
mark:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/mark:/bin/bash
billy:x:1002:1002:,,,:/home/sam:/bin/bash
sam:x:1002:1003:,,,:/home/billy:/bin/csh
I want to change all of these entries to /bin/nologon
Context: I was given a list of users and need to lock the accounts. I'm not allowed to use the typical usermod or passwd command. Only use a script by finding the users and replacing. Here's what I got so far but I'm lost.
#!/bin/bash
User="$(cat /home/billy/file)"
User2="$(cat /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1)"
for i in $User
do "some sed command?"
It's hard because some users use bash and others use csh.
linux scripting passwd nologin
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Lets say I have a list of users in a file somewhere:
mark
billy
sam
Here are the entries in /etc/passwd:
mark:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/mark:/bin/bash
billy:x:1002:1002:,,,:/home/sam:/bin/bash
sam:x:1002:1003:,,,:/home/billy:/bin/csh
I want to change all of these entries to /bin/nologon
Context: I was given a list of users and need to lock the accounts. I'm not allowed to use the typical usermod or passwd command. Only use a script by finding the users and replacing. Here's what I got so far but I'm lost.
#!/bin/bash
User="$(cat /home/billy/file)"
User2="$(cat /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1)"
for i in $User
do "some sed command?"
It's hard because some users use bash and others use csh.
linux scripting passwd nologin
asked 1 min ago
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Lets say I have a list of users in a file somewhere:
mark
billy
sam
Here are the entries in /etc/passwd:
mark:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/mark:/bin/bash
billy:x:1002:1002:,,,:/home/sam:/bin/bash
sam:x:1002:1003:,,,:/home/billy:/bin/csh
I want to change all of these entries to /bin/nologon
Context: I was given a list of users and need to lock the accounts. I'm not allowed to use the typical usermod or passwd command. Only use a script by finding the users and replacing. Here's what I got so far but I'm lost.
#!/bin/bash
User="$(cat /home/billy/file)"
User2="$(cat /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1)"
for i in $User
do "some sed command?"
It's hard because some users use bash and others use csh.
linux scripting passwd nologin
linux scripting passwd nologin
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