with-each-user 0.9.2

with-each-user is an utility which helps to execute commands on behalf of all users in the system in a row.

With each user

The with_each_user command is basically nothing but a shortcut/replacement for constructs like:

root:~# ls /home | xargs -i su - {} -c "whoami"

That is, its goal is to execute the same command for all users in the system in a row. The line above can be rewritten with:

root:~# with_each_user whoami

Additionally, you can filter out unneeded users by their logins, shells and uid, run commands simultaneously, interactively, and store script outputs in log files in a separate directory.

See usage for details.

Usage

This is the with_each_user --help output:

usage: with_each_user [-h] [-m MASK] [-s SHELL] [-u MIN_UID] [-U MAX_UID]
 [-c CONCURRENCY] [-d CURRENT_DIRECTORY] [-i]
 [-L LOG_DIRECTORY]
 command [command ...]

Execute a command for a number users in the server

positional arguments:
 command Shell command to execute

optional arguments:
 -h, --help show this help message and exit
 -m MASK, --mask MASK Filter users by their logins. Globbing is here
 allowed, you can type, for example, "user*"
 -s SHELL, --shell SHELL
 Filter users by their shells. For example, you can
 exclude the majority of system users by issuing
 "/bin/bash" here
 -u MIN_UID, --min-uid MIN_UID
 Filter users by their minimal uid.
 -U MAX_UID, --max-uid MAX_UID
 Filter users by their max uid (to filter out "nobody",
 for example
 -c CONCURRENCY, --concurrency CONCURRENCY
 Number of processes to run simultaneously
 -d CURRENT_DIRECTORY, --current-directory CURRENT_DIRECTORY
 Script working directory (relative to user's home)
 -p, --preserve-environment
 Preserve root environment. Arguments match the same of
 "su" command
 -f, --format Format command line with variables custom for every
 user. Supported variables: {user}, {uid}, {gid},
 {home}, {shell}, {gecos}.
 -r, --root Run command with root privileges (do not "su" to
 selected user). Option "--format" is helpful there
 -i, --interactive Interactive execution. Set this flag to run processes
 interactively
 -L LOG_DIRECTORY, --log-directory LOG_DIRECTORY
 Directory to store log for all executions. Omit this
 argument if you want just to print everything to
 stdout/stderr


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