how can I find who the user is?

iamagirl · #1 (**permalink**) 03-24-04, 17:24

Hey all;

The answers that I received from this form is so usefull.Thanks for everyone.Now I have another one.

I have been working on my script to do the followings.The script tries to find who the user is :admin or regular user.
1.If the user is admin do the following

bunch of options).But admin;
a.he/she shouldn't use any argument when they run the script
b.They should also run "admin" script with "./admin" only
2.if the user is a regular user do the following(bunch of options)
a.They shouldn't use any argument
b.doesn't matter they run with "./admin " or " admin "

I tried the following but it didn't work.
Any better idea?
or correction of the existing one would be great
Belinda

user=`whoami`
echo "Greetings Users!"

#You are root running with no argument
if [[$user="root"] && [ $# -eq 0 ]]
then
if [[ $0 != "./admin" ]]
then
echo "Make sure you run with '\.\/admin' "
echo
sleep 3
else
until [[ $MENUCHOICE == "e" ]]
do
clear
echo "**************ADMIN MENU*******************"
echo
echo "a) User Manager"
echo "b) Group Manager"
"admin" 123L, 2362C

case $MENUCHOICE in

"a")
./usergrp.bash
;;
"b")
./grpmgr.bash

#You are root running with argument
else
if [[ $user = "root"] && [$# != 0 ]]
then
echo "Do not use any argument" $user
echo
sleep 3
exit
fi
fi

#You are reguler user
if [[$user != "root"] && [$# eq 0]]
then
until [[ $MENUCHOICE == "e" ]]
do

echo "**************REGULAR USER*****************"
echo
echo "a)Find your partner"
echo "b)Display team names"

#you are reguler user running with argument
else
if [ $user != "root" -a $# -gt 0 ]
then
echo " Do not use any argument" $user
sleep 3
exit
fi

fi
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aigles · #2 (**permalink**) 03-25-04, 14:58

A revisited version of your script ...

Don't forget done closing until loop, and esac closing case.
You can use the 'select' statement to display the menus.

Code:

user=`whoami`

script=${0##*/}
script_call="./$script"

echo "Greetings Users!"

#
# No arguments permited
#

if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then
   echo "Do not use any argument" $user
   sleep 3
   exit
fi

#
# If root user
#

if [[ "$user" = "root" ]] ;then

   if [[ "$0" != "$script_call" ]] ;then
      echo "Make sure you run with '$script_call' "
      sleep 3
      exit
   fi

   until [[ "$MENUCHOICE" == "e" ]]
   do
      clear
      echo "**************ADMIN MENU*******************"
      echo
      echo "a) User Manager"
      echo "b) Group Manager"
      echo
      echo "e) End"
      echo
      echo Enter your choice :
      
      read MENUCHOICE
      case "$MENUCHOICE" in
         "a")
            echo ./usergrp.bash
            ;;
         "b")
            echo ./grpmgr.bash
            ;;
         "e")
            echo "Bye"
            ;;
          *)
            echo "invalid choice"
            sleep 3
            ;;
      esac

   done

   exit
fi

#
# Regular user
#

if [[ "$user" != "root"] ]] ; then    # Test may be deleted...

   until [[ $MENUCHOICE == "e" ]]
   do

      clear
      echo "**************REGULAR USER*****************"
      echo
      echo "a)Find your partner"
      echo "b)Display team names"
      echo
      echo "e) End"
      echo
      echo Enter your choice :

      read MENUCHOICE
      case "$MENUCHOICE" in
         "a")
            echo ./findpartner.bash
            ;;
         "b")
            echo ./teamnames.bash
            ;;
         "e")
            echo "Bye"
            ;;
          *)
            echo "invalid choice"
            sleep 3
            ;;
      esac

   done
fi

iamagirl · #3 (**permalink**) 03-26-04, 20:03

Thank u so much for the answer aigles.It works so far.

Belinda

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