UNIX SHELL SCRIPTING FOR BASIC SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION DUTIES

HELLO. BASIC SYS ADMIN STUFF: O/S IS FEDORA CORE 5 I NEED A SCRIPT TO CREATE USER ACCOUNTS FOR GROUPS OF USERS. THIS IS A TEXT FILE AND THE FORMAT IS FOUR VARIABLE LENGTH FIELDS. THE FIELDS CONTAIN THE USERS FULL NAME, OFFICE NUMBER (BUILDING-ROOM), OFFICE PHONE WITH EXTENSTION AND DEPARTMENT. EXAMPLE: SMITH, JOHN Q 01-9388 X0753 ENGINEERING SMITH, JANE 14-2675 X1234 SALES NOTICE HOW THE SECOND ENTRY HAS NO MIDDLE INITIAL...THE DEFAULT NEEDS TO BE "X" THE SCRIPT NEEDS TO PARSE EACH LINE AND CONSTRUCT THE ARGUMENTS TO THE USERADD COMMAND TO BUILD THE ACCOUNT. LOGIN ID: THEIR INITIALS AND THE FIRST 3 LETTERS OF THEIR DEPARTMENT. EXAMPLE jqseng OR FOR JANE jxssal. THE GECOS FIELD SHOULD BE THEIR NAME, OFFICE, PHONE AND DEPT. THE SCRIPT SHOULD ASSIGN EACH USER TO THEIR RESPECTIVE GROUP. ((GROUPS HAVE BEEN CREATED FOR THIS)) THE USER'S HOME DIRECTORY SHOULD ALSO BE IN A SUBDIRECTORY OF /HOME ACCORDING TO THEIR DEPT. LOTS OF COMMENTING REQUIRED SHOULD ANYTHING NEED TO BE TWEAKED. THANK YOU. ## Deliverables 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done. 2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows (depending on the nature of the deliverables): a) For web sites or other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment--Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment. b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute: A software installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request. 3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement). ## Platform UNIX SHELL SCRIPT NEEDS TO RUN ON FEDORA CORE 5 WITH NO EXTRAS ADDED IN. FULL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW, WHERE, WHY TO INSTALL THIS SCRIPT, ETC.