Re: [9fans] adding a new user

[andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>]

the fossilcons man page contain all information about new users.
depending on installation you may need to create some extra
directories (apart from /usr/newuser, which fossil will create if you
don't tell it not to).  on ucalgary i always forget to create
/mail/box/newuser and /cron/newuser so there's this script i use,
which has the potential to turn into a basic plan9 command if i write
the man page for it:

home% cat /bin/adduser
#!/bin/rc

rfork e

switch( $#*) {
	case 1
		newuser=$1
	case *
		{
			echo 'usage: '^$0^' username'
			exit usage
		}
}


echo 'echo uname '^$newuser $newuser^' >> /srv/fscons'
echo 'echo create /active/mail/box/'^$user $user^' upas d775 >> /srv/fscons'
echo 'echo create /active/cron/'^$user $user $user^' d775 >> /srv/fscons'
home%

it works like 'kill' -- suggesting the command for creating a new
user.  if there's anything extra i can edit the commands in place
before sending them to rc:

home% adduser f2f
echo uname f2f f2f >> /srv/fscons
echo create /active/mail/box/andrey andrey upas d775 >> /srv/fscons
echo create /active/cron/andrey andrey andrey d775 >> /srv/fscons
home%

works only as the fossilcons owner :)

andrey