OpenBSD: create user sh script

[J65nko]

A couple of years ago I got tired of the interactive adduser(8) to create the the couple of user accounts, which I always use on OpenBSD.
The following, part of an install.site script, now automatically takes care of this.

#!/bin/sh

# ----------------------------------------------------
echo ADDING USERS

DEBUG=''
#DEBUG=echo 

#---------------------------
create_user() {
   local NAME PASSWORD UID
   NAME="$1"
   UID="$2"
   PASSWORD="$3"
   echo Creating user: ${NAME} 
   $DEBUG useradd \
        -m \
        -g ${NAME} \
        -G wheel,operator \
        -k /etc/skel \
        -d /home/${NAME} \
        -s /bin/ksh \
        -L staff \
        -p ${PASSWORD} \
        -u ${UID} \
        -g =uid \
         ${NAME} 
}

# password created with : $ echo MySecretPassword | encrypt -b8
# or                    : $ encrypt -b8 -p

create_user j65nko 1001 '$2a$08$vY3HJJAJhzAZ6yTbVxK5U.71cGBwDB6B4J/bwHmUNaa.laozj1yai' 
create_user robert 1002 '$2a$08$AU69JhvTJf1/KxFBl/7ZM.8pg.SN.Z1Hx8uh1uRE2j1oWht4XqjOK'
create_user john   1003 '$2a$08$s8aW6AbI1Z8D5o0SVKODA.JySV70MuQYZm9oSGua0MLz0V7Qw9eDe'
create_user snap   1004 '$2a$08$YyNR1QBLxsEupg0MZqhWtuNbjC4hr0fiZ5pN6dwxePmUi4xVRCFNi'

Study useradd(8) to understand the options. Consult encrypt(8) for info about encrypting the passwords.

[milo974]

All your guides are very good !
Why do not try to write a small guide with this following content ?

Table of Contents
Upcoming Changes in OpenBSD 4.6
Post-Installation Tasks
Time & Date
Installing Software
User Management
System Diagnostics
Backup & Restore
System Management
Networking
Updating and Upgrading
Scripting

It would be very useful for beginners OpenBSD Admin...
Thank's

[J65nko]

Thanks for the friendly words and encouragement.

But with the broad range of subjects you mention, it will not be a small guide, but a book. Just have some patience, there are still quite a lot of guides in my pipeline.

[ohauer]

But with the broad range of subjects you mention, it will not be a small guide, but a book

Hey, why not?
I have the feeling It will be a good one (hopefully there is a pocket version).
The book can become a competitor/successor of BSD-Hacks or OpenBSD-Security.