quick Skeleton Directory Management script for Auto Created homedirs

Pure-FTPd users,

I whipped up this script as a solution to managing the auto created
home directories. In our setup, we have a MySQL CMS website running
XOOPS (xoops.org). We are using the same username/password database to
authenticate, this way FTP users can manage their passwords from the
website. The MySQL backend is 5.0, and we are using a view table to
concat the UID,GID, and home directory information. No matter what
your setup is, this script is independent of the authenication type. I
am posting this script below, and it is also available via ANON ftp at
 ftp://ftp.linisys.com/pub/scripts/skelcheck/

The way it works, it to check for the existence of a file called
.skel_installed in the user's home directory. My skeleton directory
includes this file and a few others. Mine looks like this:

web# ls -la .skel/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x   3 www   www   512 Dec  7 01:02 .
drwxr-xr-x  20 www   www   512 Dec  7 01:41 ..
-r--r--r--   1 www   www  1000 Dec  6 23:02 .banner
-rw-r--r--   1 root  www     0 Dec  7 01:02 .skel_installed

The rest is self-explanatory. Put it in a cron job, run it from a
webscript, whatever. This is just a helpful hint for those looking for
a quick fix. This one works fine for our needs

have lots of fun!
Sincerely,
Chris Tusa



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#!/bin/sh
#
# skelcheck.sh :
#
#  Author:  Chris Tusa <[email protected]>
#    Date:  2005-12-07
# Updates:  ftp://ftp.linisys.com/pub/scripts/skelcheck
# Purpose:
#
# This is a quick script to check the pure-ftpd server's
# user folders to see if the skeleton files have been
# populated. Pure-FTPd allows the possibility of creating
# user's home directories on the fly if it does not exist
# the first time the user logs in.
#
# There is no facility to generate skeleton files, so this
# script is intended to run as a cronjob to check.
#
# Compatability:
#
#  FreeBSD - YES, tested
#  OpenBSD - should workd
#  NetBSD  - should work
#  Linux   - Should work
#
# Setup:
#
# 1) Define the variables below
# 2) Add a cron job - based on your OS, this may vary
#
#
### Base Directory
#
# Where your user's home directories are located:
#
user_base=/usr/local/www/data/users

### Skeleton Directory
#
# Location of the skeleton directory
# (NOTE: trailing slash must exist!)
#
skel_folder=$user_base/.skel/


#####################################################
# --------------------------
# all code below this line
# --------------------------

for dirs in `ls -1 $user_base`
	do
	 curdir=$user_base/$dirs
	 echo checking $curdir
	 if [ -e $curdir/.skel_installed ]; then
	   echo "skeleton already installed - [OK]"
         else
           echo "skeleton missing [INSTALLING]"
	   cp -Rp $skel_folder $curdir
	   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
		echo "ADDED! [OK]"
           else
		echo "[FAILED!]"
	   fi
	 fi
	done;


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--
Chris Tusa
[email protected]
http://people.linisys.com/ctusa

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