To easy the creation of users, I made a couple of bash scripts that do all the magic. They are located in the directory /usr/local/bin and are called add_backup_user.sh and remove_backup_user.sh

We can create a user, assign some groups, create its home directory, set a quota, store in the openldap database, all in one script. Example:

./add_backup_user.sh jsanctorum2 "Jonathan Sanctorum" jonathan.sanctorum@uantwerpen.be adam 500G ********

User jsanctorum2 with password *** will be create and given the homedir /data/home/jsanctorum2. the quota on this directory will be 500G, and the user will be part of the adam group. The complete name and an email address can be given as well. Run the command without any parameters to get some help.

./add_backup_user.sh 
Usage : ./add_backup_user.sh username fullname email extragroups quota password