How to add user in linux using bash script
#!/bin/bash
if [ $(id -u) -eq 0 ]; then
read -p "Enter username : " username
read -s -p "Enter password : " password
egrep "^$username" /etc/passwd >/dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "$username exists!"
exit 1
else
pass=$(perl -e 'print crypt($ARGV[0], "password")' $password)
useradd -m -p $pass $username
sudo adduser $username sudo
[ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "User has been added to system!" || echo "Failed to add a user!"
fi
else
echo "Only root may add a user to the system"
exit 2
fi
You can make it schedule using crontab.
http://ibraransari.blogspot.in/2017/05/Solved-How-to-Create-a-Cron-Job-on-Ubuntu.html
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