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Just in case someone will need this, i've made a simple script for myself that creates new user and adds email to the system.

Used in this setup: http://howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23522

It's far from perfect but it sure simplifies the job of adding new email :)

Code:

#!/bin/sh



# Creates new user and adds email to the list ;)



echo "================================================";

echo "Hey! This script is used for creating new email.";



echo -n "Enter full email address and press [ENTER]: "

read EMAIL



PRE_EMAIL=$(egrep "^$EMAIL" /etc/postfix/virtusertable)

if [ -n "${PRE_EMAIL}" ]

then

        echo "Email already exists, please try again."

        exit 1

fi;



echo -n "Enter users name, used for system and press [ENTER]: ";

read USER



PRE_USER=$(egrep "^$USER" /etc/passwd)

if [ -n "${PRE_USER}" ]

then

        echo "User already exists, please try again."

        exit 1

fi;



echo -n "Enter folder name and press [ENTER]: ";

read FOLDER



PRE_FOLDER=$(egrep ":/home/$FOLDER:" /etc/passwd)

if [ -n "${PRE_FOLDER}" ]

then

        echo "Folder already exists, please try again."

        exit 1

fi;



echo -e "\nCreating user...\n";

useradd -d /home/"$FOLDER" -m -g users "$USER" -s /bin/false

passwd "$USER"

echo -e "Adding email line to /etc/postfix/virtusertable \n"

echo "$EMAIL" "$USER" >> /etc/postfix/virtusertable

echo -e "Running postmap /etc/postfix/virtusertable command... \n"

postmap /etc/postfix/virtusertable

echo -e "Restarting Postfix... \n"

/etc/init.d/postfix restart

echo -e "User was successfully added!\n"

Just save the file, chmod to 755 and run it. It will ask you for info it needs