Project Description: In this project, you will write a shell script that automates the process of creating a new user, creating a new folder, granting access, creating a new group, adding the user to the group and folder, granting the user sudo access, and setting appropriate file permissions.
Project Steps:
⮚ Create two folders named: Technical and Manager>mkdir <foldername>
⮚ Create a ‘Technical’ group having access of the Technical folder and a ‘Manager’ group having access of the Manager folder.>groupadd <groupname>
\>change the folder group by using chgrp command
>sudo chgrp <groupowner> <file>
check by using ls -ld groupname
⮚ Set appropriate permissions to the folders.>chmod g+rwx <groupname>
⮚ Ask the user for the name of the new user to be created.
create a new user by using below command with read:-echo "Please enter the username" read username>useradd <username>
⮚ Ask the department name ‘Technical’ or ‘Manager’. If technical add it to the technical group else add the user to the manager group.
To add a user into a specific group use below command:-if [ "$departmentName" == "Technical" ];then>gpasswd -a $username Technicalecho "User: $username is added into the Techincal group"else>gpasswd -a $username Managerecho "User: $username is added into the Manager group"
⮚ Grant sudo access to the new user.
To give sudo access to the new user, use the below command>sudo usermod -aG sudo <username>
To verify the user is added to the sudo group use the below command>groups <username>
⮚ At the end of the script, print a message that summarizes what was created and what access was granted.
