This script can be used to automate the process of adding a user via the command line.
This script has been modified for Solaris 8 but can be modified to fit individual needs very easily.

First create the file newuser:

# cd /sbin

# touch newuser

Add the following information to the newuser file: [download newuser]

#!/bin/sh

# Add a new user to the system

# Modified script found at alge.anart.no



thiscmd=`basename $0`

thisuser=`/usr/xpg4/bin/id -u`



# first things first - are we root?

case $thisuser in

  0 ) ;;        # root - fine

  * ) echo "You must be root to run $thiscmd" && exit 1

      ;;

esac



if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then

  echo "USAGE: $thiscmd username" && exit 1

fi





# does username already exist?

grep ˆ$1: /etc/passwd > /dev/null 2>&1

if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then

  echo "User $1 already exists. Please re-run with a different username!"

  exit 1

fi

clear

echo "Adding New User [$1] to `hostname`"

# Assumptions

# -----------

# By default, we know that "useradd" will assign the next available UID

# Also, under SuSE, the "users" group is GID 100



echo "Please enter the users real name: "

read real_name

echo "Please enter the users Group: "

read group_name

echo "Please enter the users ID: "

read user_id

echo "Please select a login shell (enter for /bin/sh): "

def_shell=/bin/sh

read u_shell

if [ "$u_shell" = "" ]; then

   # No shell entered - default to /bin/sh

   echo "Using /bin/sh"

else

   grep $u_shell /etc/shells > /dev/null 2>&1

   if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then

      echo "Using shell $u_shell"

      def_shell=$u_shell

   else

      echo "Shell $u_shell not found in /etc/shells"

      echo "Defaulting to /bin/sh"

   fi

fi



echo -e "\n\n"

echo "About to add user with the following details:"

echo "User name:         $1"

echo "Real name:         $real_name"

echo "Shell:             $def_shell"

echo "Home Directory:    /users/$1"

echo "User ID:           $user_id"

echo "User Group:        $group_name" 

echo "Type [y] to confirm, or anything else to quit"

read response

case $response in

   [yY]* ) ;; # fine

   *     ) echo "Aborting user creation process"

           exit 1 ;;


esac



# Add the user proper!

echo "\n\nAdding user $1 [$real_name] to system - DO NOT ABORT NOW!!"

useradd -g $group_name -u $user_id -d /users/$1 -s $def_shell -c "$real_name" $1

cp -r /etc/skel /users/$1

chown -R $1:$group_name /users/$1

passwd $1

echo "User $1 successfully added to system!"

echo "User $1 [$real_name]: added to `hostname` on `date`" >> /var/log/newusers





exit 0