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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Create SFTP User | |
| ## This script will create the account with read-only permissions which helps us to give the user download-only files. Along with that we give a directory "uploads" that is present inside the user's home and can be used for uploading whichis having read-write access for this user. | |
| echo "========================================================================================================================" | |
| echo " SFTP account creation. The home dir will be read-only, for write access the user should use "uploads" directory in home." | |
| echo "========================================================================================================================" | |
| # Input username and the number of days that the user will be active. Only enter the "username" and "number" of days. | |
| echo "Enter username:" | |
| read USER | |
| echo "Enter the number of days you want the user to be active:" | |
| read DAYS | |
| # Create user with expiry and sftpusers group so that it is chrooted, and giving -M will restrict useradd from creating the homedir | |
| useradd -e `date -d "$DAYS days" +"%Y-%m-%d"` -M -d /uploads -s /sbin/nologin -g sftpusers $USER | |
| # Creating home directory | |
| mkdir -p /sftp/$USER/uploads | |
| chown $USER. /sftp/$USER/uploads | |
| # Setting password | |
| echo create password for $USER | |
| passwd $USER | |
| echo "User: $USER Created!" |
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