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View Full Version : how do you set up new account?


Dexter
08-28-2000, 08:53 PM
just wondering how people setup accounts...(specifically for unix systems) do you use some comercial software or do you just have some custom software/scripts to automate the system?

thanks

jtan15
08-29-2000, 03:44 PM
Well, I personally created an "accountadd" program which runs all of the basic commands for you. You could just as easily do it by hand, but when you factor in domain names in apache, anonymous FTP, FrontPage, etc, it gets pretty mucky. :)

I would recommend creating a script in perl or shell, whichever comes easier to you. I would believe it would be easier than purchasing a program and having to edit it.