Re: create_user, what goes into %user?

[Joe C. <jo...@sw...>]

Ok... I'm almost there.  But I'm stumped now.  My perl ignorance is showing.

Is there a way for me to pass the hash to a foreign_call?

I've confirmed that everything is correct in the hashes (%user and %group):

%user = 
shell/bin/shhome/home/httpd/test7uid504realtest7gid504pass$1$85678922$2XoiZBuEZP.uSqRpjCRuP/usertest7

%group = gid504grouptest7

(Correct?)

But I don't think it is being passed to the foreign_call to create_user 
and create_group.  All is get in my passwd and group files is this:

:x:::::

and

:x::

I've tried all three of the following with no luck:

&foreign_call("useradmin", "create_user", "%user");
&foreign_call("useradmin", "create_user", "\%user");
&foreign_call("useradmin", "create_user", %user);

I've found references to lots of very roundabout methods of passing a 
hash to a function (by converting them to arrays or a string), all of 
which have me confused.  So will the function accept an array or a 
string and fit it back into being a correct hash, or should I, perhaps 
copy the function into my module-lib.pl?

Thanks!

Jamie Cameron wrote:


> The hash keys that need to be in %user are :
> 
> user	- The username
> pass	- The encrypted password (you should call encrypt_password to generate this)
> uid	- The user's UID
> gid	- The GID of the user's primary group
> real	- The user's real name
> home	- Home directory
> shell	- The user's shell
> 
> In addition, if your system supports the shadow password file you also set the following
> keys if you want (if not, they will just be left empty which is the default)
> 
> change	- Days since 1st jan 1970 that password was changed
> min	- Days before password may be changed
> max	- Days after which password must be changed
> warn	- Days before password is to expire that user is warned
> inactive- The number of days of inactivity allowed for the user
> expire	- Days since Jan 1, 1970 that account is disabled
> 
>  - Jamie
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