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syncbe.sh - sync users, groups, and files from one root to another
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| set -e | |
| sync_users() | |
| { | |
| pw usershow -n root | cut -f 2 -d ':' | pw -R ${root} usermod -n root -H 0 | |
| for u in $(cat ${config}/users); do | |
| if pw -R ${root} usershow -n ${u} > /dev/null 2>&1; then | |
| pw -R ${root} userdel -n ${u} | |
| fi | |
| pw usershow -n ${u} >> ${root}/etc/master.passwd | |
| done | |
| pwd_mkdb -p -d ${root}/etc ${root}/etc/master.passwd | |
| } | |
| sync_groups() | |
| { | |
| for g in $(cat ${config}/groups); do | |
| if ! pw -R ${root} groupshow -n ${g} > /dev/null 2>&1; then | |
| gid=$(pw groupshow -n ${g} | sed -E 's/^.*:.*:([[:digit:]]+):*/\1/') | |
| pw -R ${root} groupadd -n ${g} -g ${gid} | |
| fi | |
| users=$(pw groupshow -n ${g} | sed 's/.*://') | |
| pw -R ${root} groupmod -n ${g} -m ${users} | |
| done | |
| } | |
| sync_keepfiles() | |
| { | |
| for f in $(cat ${config}/keepfiles); do | |
| if [ -f ${f} ]; then cp ${f} ${root}${f}; fi | |
| done | |
| } | |
| main() { | |
| local root=$(dirname $(realpath $0)) | |
| local config=${root}/config | |
| sync_users | |
| sync_groups | |
| sync_keepfiles | |
| } | |
| main |
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