Re: FIXED Re: script to find files owned by particular user …

I knew he cared deep down inside:)

On Saturday 07 October 2006 18:41, Craig White wrote:
> Following up on this weeks question, I ended up using JT's script,
> modifying it for the fact that I am using LDAP and therefore, no usable
> values in /etc/passwd for me and yes, there was a debug issue, and
> finally hoping that it handled some typical filename/folder name issues
> - borrowing from Darrin's suggestion. Below is my final script for
> anyone who wants to track this...
>
> (btw - getent passwd | grep is universal whereas grep /etc/passwd is
> useful for only 1 particular situation)
>
> Thanks JT, Darrin, JD, Kurt (I love this list)
>
> Craig
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> USER1=$1
> USER2=$2
> MYPATH=$3
>
> usage()
> {
> echo "Script to change ownership of files from user X to user Y"
> echo "$0 <user1> <user2> [path to search]"
> echo
> }
>
> echo "Changing files owned by "$USER1
> echo "to user "$USER2
> echo "In directory "$MYPATH
> echo ""
>
> if [ -z "$USER1" ] ; then echo "Invalid user 1"; usage ; exit 1; fi
> if [ -z "$USER2" ] ; then echo "Invalid user 2"; usage ; exit 1; fi
> if [ -z "$MYPATH" ] ; then echo "Invalid path" ; usage ; exit 1; fi
>
> UID1=`getent passwd |grep $USER1 | awk -F: '{print $3;}' `
> UID2=`getent passwd |grep $USER2 | awk -F: '{print $3;}' `
>
> if [ -z "$UID1" ] ; then echo "Invalid user 1"; usage ; exit 1; fi
> if [ -z "$UID2" ] ; then echo "Invalid user 2"; usage ; exit 1; fi
>
> find $MYPATH -user $UID1 -exec chown $USER2 {} \;
>
> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 17:13 -0700, JT Moree wrote:
> > > >
> > !!!WARNING!!! this is not tested or debugged. I just wrote it.
> >
> > ARRRGH. I keep typing chmod instead of chown.
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > USER1=$1
> > USER2=$2
> > MYPATH=$3
> >
> > usage()
> > {
> > echo "Script to change ownership of files from user X to user Y"
> > echo "$0 <user1> <user2> [path to search]"
> > echo
> > }
> >
> > if [ -z "$USER1" ] ; then echo "Invalid user 1"; usage ; exit 1; fi
> > if [ -z "$USER2" ] ; then echo "Invalid user 2"; usage ; exit 1; fi
> > if [ -z "$MYPATH" ] ; then MYPATH="./" ; exit 1; fi
> >
> > UID1=`grep $USER1 /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $3;}' `
> > UID2=`grep $USER2 /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $3;}' `
> >
> > if [ -z "$UID1" ] ; then echo "Invalid user 1"; usage ; exit 1; fi
> > if [ -z "$UID2" ] ; then echo "Invalid user 2"; usage ; exit 1; fi
> >
> > chown `grep $USER1 /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $1;}'` \
> > `find $MYPATH -uid $UID2`
> >
> > - --
> > JT Morée
> > PC Xperience, Inc.
> > >
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