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Using usermod from doing ssh from master server

Mike_305 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:47:05 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to change GECOS field in several servers and several users account.

This is what I a doing.

ssh roxyio usermod -c Rodnry S. Bryant,134234,, pdstest

and I get this error.

User name must be specified
Usage: usermod [-u [-o]] [-g [-G [, [-d [-m]] [-s ] [-c ] [-f <inactive>] [-e <expire>] [-l <new logname>] <login> If I user following then no error. ssh roxyio usermod -c Rodnry-S.- Bryant,134234,, pdstest. The only difference is "-" in the name. any Idea on how to fix this. Appreciate your help in advance. Regards, MP

Re: Using usermod from doing ssh from master server

Steven Schweda — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:16:43 GMT

> The only difference is "-" in the name.

The significant difference is eliminating the
spaces in the argument. Try quotation?

-c 'comment with spaces'

Re: Using usermod from doing ssh from master server

rariasn — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:51:23 GMT

Hi,

# ssh roxyio "usermod -c Rodnry S. Bryant,134234,, pdstest"

Rgs,

Re: Using usermod from doing ssh from master server

Robert Salter — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:26:29 GMT

I think Steven meant

# ssh roxyio usermod -c 'Rodnry S. Bryant,134234,,' pdstest

Quote the comment section.

Re: Using usermod from doing ssh from master server

Mike_305 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:56:44 GMT

Hello,

I tried the suggestion and still getting the same error.

Any idea.

ssh roxyio usermod -c 'Rodnry-S.- Bryant,134234,,' pdstest

ssh roxyio "usermod -c Rodnry-S.- Bryant,134234,, pdstest"

User name must be specified
Usage: usermod [-u [-o]] [-g [-G [, [-d [-m]] [-s ] [-c ] [-f <inactive>] [-e <expire>] [-l <new logname>] <login> Appreciate your and Happy New Year. Regards, MP

Re: Using usermod from doing ssh from master server

Mike_305 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:05:33 GMT

In my last reply, I mean to say Appreciate your help and Happy New Year.

Sorry about that.

Regards,

MP

Re: Using usermod from doing ssh from master server

Steven Schweda — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:14:26 GMT

> Any idea.

Some of each? The shell on the local system
will eat one set of quotation marks, but you
really need them on the remote system.
Perhaps something more like this?:

ssh roxyio "usermod -c 'Rodnry S. Bryant,134234,,' pdstest"

Re: Using usermod from doing ssh from master server

Mike_305 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:37:58 GMT

Hello Steven,

Thanks for the reply, the tip you gave me it worked but the user was in use so I still land up doing manually on few servers.

But it did help me out.

Thanks for all your help.

Regards,

MP

Re: Using usermod from doing ssh from master server

Mike_305 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:27:42 GMT

Thanks to all of you.