{"id":431,"date":"2026-02-17T04:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T04:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/?p=431"},"modified":"2026-02-17T04:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T04:43:47","slug":"user-management-menu-driven-shell-script-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"User Management Menu-Driven Shell Script (Linux)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This mini project allows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Add User<br>2&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Delete User<br>3&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Modify User<br>4&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; View User Info<br>5&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; List All Users<br>6&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Exit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x26a0;&#xfe0f; <strong>Note:<\/strong> Must run as <strong>root user<\/strong> (use <code>sudo .\/script.sh<\/code>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Script: <code>user_management.sh<\/code><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>#!\/bin\/bash\n\nwhile true\ndo\n    echo \"------------------------------\"\n    echo \"1. Add User\"\n    echo \"2. Delete User\"\n    echo \"3. Modify User\"\n    echo \"4. View User Info\"\n    echo \"5. List All Users\"\n    echo \"6. Exit\"\n    echo \"Enter your choice:\"\n    read choice\n\n    case $choice in\n\n    1)\n        echo \"Enter username to add:\"\n        read uname\n        sudo useradd $uname\n        if &#91; $? -eq 0 ]\n        then\n            echo \"User added successfully.\"\n            sudo passwd $uname\n        else\n            echo \"Error adding user.\"\n        fi\n        ;;\n\n    2)\n        echo \"Enter username to delete:\"\n        read uname\n        sudo userdel -r $uname\n        if &#91; $? -eq 0 ]\n        then\n            echo \"User deleted successfully.\"\n        else\n            echo \"Error deleting user.\"\n        fi\n        ;;\n\n    3)\n        echo \"Enter username to modify:\"\n        read uname\n        echo \"Enter new home directory:\"\n        read home\n        sudo usermod -d $home -m $uname\n        echo \"User modified successfully.\"\n        ;;\n\n    4)\n        echo \"Enter username to view info:\"\n        read uname\n        id $uname\n        ;;\n\n    5)\n        echo \"System Users:\"\n        cut -d: -f1 \/etc\/passwd\n        ;;\n\n    6)\n        echo \"Exiting program...\"\n        break\n        ;;\n\n    *)\n        echo \"Invalid choice!\"\n        ;;\n\n    esac\ndone\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x2705; How to Run<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>chmod +x user_management.sh\nsudo .\/user_management.sh\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f3af; Important Commands (Viva)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>useradd<\/code> \u2192 create user<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>userdel -r<\/code> \u2192 delete user with home directory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>usermod<\/code> \u2192 modify user<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>passwd<\/code> \u2192 set password<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>id<\/code> \u2192 show user information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>\/etc\/passwd<\/code> \u2192 contains user details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f525; Example Output<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>1. Add User\n2. Delete User\n3. Modify User\n4. View User Info\n5. List All Users\n6. Exit\nEnter your choice:<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This mini project allows: 1&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Add User2&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Delete User3&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Modify User4&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; View User Info5&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; List All Users6&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Exit &#x26a0;&#xfe0f; Note: Must run as root user (use sudo .\/script.sh) Script: user_management.sh &#x2705; How to Run &#x1f3af; Important Commands (Viva) &#x1f525; Example Output<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}