Difference between revisions of "Dirty Tools"

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Revision as of 12:42, 12 August 2007

Michael Weinberger

	Warning:
	This package contains a collection of scripts allowing the experienced admin to do things which usually should not be done in that way. Only use them if you know what you are doing. Run a backup before using them.

These scripts work well for the author, but may not on your system. You may need to modify them to fulfill your requirements.

Synopsis
dt-rename-account OLD_ACCCOUNT NEW_ACCOUNT

Description
The script does the following:

checks the new account name for maximum length and bad characters
checks whether the new account already exists
renames the account record key in the accounts database
renames all occurrences of account name in pseudonym und group records in the accounts database
renames the account in /etc/samba/smbpasswd
renames the account in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
renames the home directory path in /etc/passwd
renames the account in /etc/group
renames the home directory

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 === Scripts===
 ==== dt-rename-account ====
+'''Synopsis'''<br>
+<code>dt-rename-account OLD_ACCCOUNT NEW_ACCOUNT</code><br>
+'''Description'''<br>
+The script does the following:
+# checks the new account name for maximum length and bad characters
+# checks whether the new account already exists
+# renames the account record key in the accounts database
+# renames all occurrences of account name in pseudonym und group records in the accounts database
+# renames the account in /etc/samba/smbpasswd
+# renames the account in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
+# renames the home directory path in /etc/passwd
+# renames the account in /etc/group
+# renames the home directory
 ==== dt-passwords-sync ====
 ==== dt-datasync ====