#!/usr/bin/python
# mkusers - created by J. Selmys - January 2009
import sys, re, os, random, smtplib, string
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
print 'Usage: mkusers [user...]'
sys.exit(1)
for i in range(1, len(sys.argv)):
# check password file to see if user already exists
f = open('/etc/passwd','r')
p = re.compile(sys.argv[i]+':')
ok = 1
for line in f:
if p.match(line) != None:
ok = 0
f.close()
if ok == 1:
r = os.system('/usr/sbin/useradd -m ' + sys.argv[i])
if r == 0:
print 'User ' + sys.argv[i] + ' created....\n'
# now make a random password
pw = ''
for j in range(8):
pw = pw + random.choice('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
# now set the user's password
os.system('echo ' + sys.argv[i] + ':' + pw + '| chpasswd')
pwf = open('/root/passwords','a')
pwf.write(sys.argv[i] + ':' + pw + '\n')
pwf.close()
# email password to the user if flag is set to one
flag = 1
if flag == 1:
FROM = 'john.selmys@senecac.on.ca'
TO = 'selmys@lotuspond.ca'
subject = 'Linux Account'
body ='Hello\n' +\
' An account on Linux was created for you.\n' +\
' Your username is ' + sys.argv[i] + ' and your password is ' + pw + '\n' +\
' Use it wisely.\n' +\
'John\n'
BODY = string.join((
"From: %s" % FROM,
"To: %s" % TO,
"Subject: %s" % subject,
"",
body
), "\r\n")
server = smtplib.SMTP('lotuspond.ca')
server.sendmail(FROM, [TO], BODY)
server.quit()
else:
print 'Account ' + sys.argv[i] + ' created but no email sent.'
else:
print 'Error creating account!'
sys.exit(2)
else:
print 'User ' + sys.argv[i] + ' exists and will not ne added.\n'
sys.exit(0)
