Re: [K12OSN] Linux and Macs
Steve Wright (paua@quicksilver.net.nz)
Tue, 07 Jan 2003 11:23:26 +1300
Jennifer Waters wrote:
>Still have't fixed my database of all students for
>home folders yet. This has been my biggest problem.
>Still trying to find a solution. I have a database
>that had the students Last Name, First Name, and Year
>Group. Can't figure out how to get it into a batch
>file. I have around 1300 students to make home
>folders for, I already put in all of the staff by
>hand, that took me 4 days.
>
>I am in the process of writing down exactly what I did
>and what it does. This is the only way that I can
>keep track of what I did.
>
What format is the existing database ?
If you can extract this data, your job will be easy(er). There are
plenty of text manipulation tools to do this sort of trickery, and if
you are experienced in Perl, or would like to learn this language, the
job will be quite trivial - particularly /next/ time you have to do it.
Even simpler, I understand Webmin will import users from a text file and
create Linux+samba+netatalk accounts automagically.. Bert posted a
solution for this some time back.
Do keep us informed, and we will assist further.
regards,
Steve
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