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Re: Shell Script Loop
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Re: Shell Script Loop


  • Subject: Re: Shell Script Loop
  • From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:55:22 -0400

Sorry, could you back up and describe the problem you're trying to
solve?  You're renaming users, so you have to rename the home folders
to match?  How are you doing the renaming of the actual user accounts?
  And if the whole thing is a shell script, why are you asking the
question on the Applescript list?

On 8/27/07, Gibson, Christopher M. (LARC-B704)[EMCO Technologies]
<email@hidden> wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> I have to change the local account names on our end user workstations via a
> shell script and then have the permissions set correctly so that when the
> users logs in, they get everything they had before without and any apparent
> changes in environment.
>
> I will have to query the local database for the names of the home folders
> based on a certain pattern.  Example: Every home folder that starts with a
> CA perform the script actions.
>
> The questions I have, is how do I get the script the to repeat this until
> all local home folders have had the operation performed on them?  Or how do
> I tell the script to take all home directories that start with CA and
> perform the script actions...
>
> Didn't know if anyone out there may have a script or know the commands that
> I can put in a shell script that queries multiple instances and performs the
> same actions for each instance automatically...
>
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