accountbatch – Create and delete many user accounts

USAGE
       linuxconf --modulemain accountbatch

DESCRIPTION
       accountbatch  is  a  Linuxconf  module  to  maintain  the  user account
       database from another database.  The module will add  missing  accounts
       and delete somes based on configurable rules.

       The module main menu entry can be found in the user accounts / policies
       sub-menu.

       Check out its help screen for a complete description.

       The module interactive dialog may be accessed from the command line
              linuxconf --modulemain accountbatch

The --update command line option
       The --update command line  option  allows  complete,  non  interactive,
       operation of the module. It accepts the following extra options:

       --test  select the simulation mode. You get a report of the job to per-
       form but no modification to the user database is done.

       --silent Do not print anything on standard output. On report errors.

       --file path specifies the file used to learn about account.  This  file
       has  the  following  format. It is a tab delimited test file. Each line
       describes an account. Each line has 5 columns.

       account ID
       primary group
       The name
       The shell
       The password

       --group groupname specifies the group on which we operate. This  option
       may  be  specified several time. This option is mandatory unless option
       --grouplow has been specified.

       specifies the threshold for  the  group  ID.  The  module  won’t  touch
       account  with  a  group ID lower than the one specified. This option is
       mandatory unless --group has been specified.

       --add specifies that missing accounts must be added.

       --del specifies that old accounts must be deleted.

       --mod specifies that existing account must be updated. The password  is
       change using the one supplied in the configuration file.

       --archive  specifies  the way account are deleted. Their home directory
       and mail inbox are archived and then deleted. The default  is  to  keep
       the home and mail folder in place.

       --delfiles  specifies the way account are deleted. Their home directory
       and mail inbox folder are deleted. The default is to keep the home  and
       mail folder in place.

SEE ALSO
       linuxconf(8)