Script addition

[Adam W.]

Guru's I have attached a script a few of you came up with. I have a question though, How would I add a "test" to this? I think I have the correct syntax down, it is

If [[ $# != 1 ]]
then
echo â Test mode - Command would be: chown / chmodâ $FILENAME
else
perform chown/chmod
fi


But I am having trouble incorporating it into the script. Can someone help me with where to add this in, or know of an easier way?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Adam:

#!/usr/bin/sh
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "ONE argument only, please"
else
echo "OK, I saw one argument"
fi

...

Regards!

...JRF...

[Michael Mike Reaser]

JRF, I'd take it one step further:

#!/usr/bin/sh
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "ONE argument only, please"
exit 99
else
echo "OK, I saw one argument"
fi

...

If not using one and only one argument, get the heck out of Dodge. :-)

[Adam W.]

James, pardon my ignorance here, however it would look like the attached correct? But in your statement, the else statement would only have it echo out "OK, I saw one arg." i need the else to push the chmod/chown commands.

[Adam W.]

See this is why I love ITRC. Sometimes I don't know what I would do without the knowledge you guys have.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again) Adam:

...
echo "TEST MODE - command would be: 'chown somebody ${FILENAME}'"
...

Regards!

...JRF...

[Adam W.]

OK, I have attached it. Does it look correct?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Adam:

Please attach a TEXT file.

...JRF...

[Adam W.]

What text file?

[Adam W.]

oh lol Sorry about that.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Adam:

OK, let's rewrite this now that I see (I think) where you are going and now that I have a text file that I can open and read :-)

# cat /.fixup
#!/usr/bin/sh
typeset CMD=""
[ "$1" = "-d" ] && CMD=echo
awk -F":" '$3>100 {print $3,$4,$6}' /etc/passwd | \
while read UID GID DIR X
do
for FILE in .profile .Xauthority .elm .forward .neditdb .sh_history \
.ssh2 .sw .exrc .cshrc .login .logout .env .dt
do
${CMD} chown ${UID}:$GID ${DIR}/${FILE}
${CMD} chmod 740 ${DIR}/${FILE}

done
done
exit

...run as:

# ./fixup -d

...to debug; otherwise to actually perform the work, run as:

# ./fixup

Regards!

...JRF...

[Adam W.]

Ok so I can run it with a -d to "test" it and without the -d to actually perform the work. Correct? Wow yours looks a lot different than the other one. LOL!

[James R. Ferguson]

HI (again) Adam:

> Ok so I can run it with a -d to "test" it and without the -d to actually perform the work. Correct?

Yes.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Adam W.]

James, as usual, your knowledge is extremely beneficial! DOn't ever leave the forums! Thanks Again James!

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again) Adam:

Looking again at your objective, I see two things you need to reconsider:

1. Some of the objets inyour list are directories; eg. ".sw". Making the permissions on a directory = 740 means that the group can't search the directory and you might as well make the permissions = 700 since group members are crippled.

2. If you objective is to change all of the contents of the HOME directories you find, then a _recursive_ chown() and a _recursive_ chmod() might be useful. See the manpages.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Adam W.]

James, I actually cought that too, and I removed the directories from the listing. However this does add one more issue. Now I need the .dt and .dtprofile directories to have 755 permissions. Good catch James, thanks for looking out.

[Adam W.]

James, I know your busy, but would you mind shooting me an e-mail? I would like to pick your brain a bit. If not I understand. Adam.Winebaugh@commandinformation.com