Re: [webmin-l] User account creation

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Hi Rich,
I see what you mean now ..
There is actually a better way to do this in Webmin - click on the Module
Config link, and set the 'Automatic home directory base' to /usr/home .
With this done, when creating a user you can set the home directory to
'Automatic', and it will be set to /usr/home/$username when adding the user.

 - Jamie

On 28/Aug/2006 14:07 Danford, Rich wrote ..
> Hi Jamie
> 
> Let's see if I can explain this better.  When creating a new user, Webmin
> will create the home directory that you enter into this field, meaning
> the
> "home directory" field.  How do I setup Webmin so that the input in the
> "username" field is automatically placed at the end of the input entered
> into the "home directory" field?
> 
> Example:
> 
> Username field = jdlow
> 
> Home Directory field = /usr/home
> 
>  
> 
> When "create" button is clicked or initiated, the home directory field
> is auto appended to look like this /usr/home/jdlow.  Thus webmin will create
> the new user account home directory as /usr/home/jdlow, without the manual
> input of /usr/home/jdlow in the home directory field.
> 
> There was an incident where a user account was created with $HOME as
> /usr/home and the 1130 user accounts in /usr/home were moved under the
> new user account, because of a home directory manual input error.  I have added
> the webmin log where the error occurred to help you better see what our
> user account maintenance department did, and hopefully understand if it
> would be possible to auto-append the username to the home directory.  We
> are using a webmin user account create template.
> 
>  
> 
> The webmin log:
> 
> 1156343136.18111.0 [23/Aug/2006 10:25:36] xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX useradmin save_user.cgi "create" "user" "smithd11"
> copy_files='1' expired='' expirem='1' expirey='' gid='macfcusr' gidmode='0'
> home='/usr/home/' home_base='0' inactive='180' makehome='1' max='64'
> min='0' newgid='' others='0' othersh='' passmode='0' real='Daniel Smith,
> 68907' shell='/bin/csh' uid='532589' uid_def='0' user='smithd11' warn='10'
> 
>  
> 
> The individual in the Webmin log record above received an error from Webmin
> stating "Unable to create home directory - already exist.
> 
>  
> 
> Then the individual in the User account maintenance department got
> creative, as you can see by the log information below, and the ensuing
> movehome=1 directive that was given to Webmin. 
> 
>  
> 
> 1156343354.27211.0 [23/Aug/2006 10:29:14] xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX useradmin save_user.cgi "modify" "user" "smithd11"
> chgid='1' chuid='1' expired='' expirem='1' expirey='' gid='macfcusr'
> home='/usr/home/smithd11' home_base='0' inactive='180' max='64' min='0'
> movehome='1' num='503' old='smithd11' others='0' othersh='' passmode='0'
> real='Daniel Smith, 68907' shell='/bin/csh' uid='532589' user='smithd11'
> warn='10'
> 
>  
> 
> And the other part of the new user account below from the webmin log.
> 
>  
> 
> 1156343423.3569.0 [23/Aug/2006 10:30:23] xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX  passwd save_passwd.cgi "passwd" "-" "smithd11" admchg='1'
> change='0' expire='' gid='413' home='/usr/home/smithd11' inactive='180'
> line='503' max='64' min='0' mod='useradmin' num='503' olduser='smithd11'
> passmode='3' real='Daniel Smith, 68907' shell='/bin/csh' sline='503'
> uid='532589' user='smithd11' warn='10'
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Clayton R. Danford 
> Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems 
> Computing and Network Services 
> UNIX Open Systems
> 
>  
> 
> An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the
> long
> run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone
> in
> the short run determines the long run.  --Sydney J. Harris
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: web...@li...
> [mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf Of Jamie
> Cameron
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 14:13
> To: Webmin users list
> Subject: Re: [webmin-l] User account creation
> 
>  
> 
> Hi,
> I don't quite understand what you are trying to do here .. do you want
> to
> put a file in the home directory of each new user that contains his UID?
> Or
> something different?
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
> On 28/Aug/2006 09:36 Danford, Rich wrote .. 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> How does one utilizing webmin 1.270 on Solaris 8 and 9 in the creation
> of a
> user account home directory to have webmin automatically place the new
> user
> account ID in the home directory path?
> 
>  
> 
> TIA
> 
>  
> 
> Rich
> 
>  
> 
> Clayton R. Danford 
> Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems 
> Computing and Network Services 
> UNIX Open Systems
> 
>  
> 
> An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the
> long
> run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone
> in
> the short run determines the long run.  --Sydney J. Harris
> 
>  
> 
>