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+#!/bin/sh
+# 
+# 2011      Nico Schottelius (nico-nsbin at schottelius.org)
+# 
+# This file is part of nsbin.
+#
+# nsbin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# nsbin is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with nsbin. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Allow user to request an account
+#
+
+#
+# Standard variables (stolen from cconf)
+#
+__pwd="$(pwd -P)"
+__mydir="${0%/*}"; __abs_mydir="$(cd "$__mydir" && pwd -P)"
+__myname=${0##*/}; __abs_myname="$__abs_mydir/$__myname"
+
+if [ $# -lt 5 ]; then
+   cat << eof
+$__myname: <username> <ou> <class> <responsible account> <expiry-date> [comment]
+
+   username: The nethz username of the user to be created.
+
+   ou: organisational unit: One of alonso, donaldk, roscoe or tatbul
+
+   class: Either stud or staff
+
+   responsible account: The nethz username of the person responsible for the account
+
+   expiry-date: When the newly created account should expire.
+      The format is
+      {2-digit day of the month}-{JAN|FEB|MAR|APR|MAY|JUN|JUL|AUG|SEP|OCT|NOV|DEC}-{4-digit year}
+      , e.g. 31-DEC-2005 (required by ISG).
+
+   comment: Optional, if you want to tell the sysadmins something special
+
+
+   Requires NETHZ_USERNAME to be set.
+
+   Example: NETHZ_USERNAME="nicosc" $0 asteven roscoe staff nicosc  31-DEC-2023
+
+eof
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$NETHZ_USERNAME" ]; then
+   echo "Error: Set \$NETHZ_USERNAME to your username"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail"
+to="systems-sysadmins@lists.inf.ethz.ch"
+to="nicosc@ethz.ch"
+from="${NETHZ_USERNAME}@ethz.ch"
+
+account="$1"; shift
+ou="$1"; shift
+class="$1"; shift
+responsible="$1"; shift
+expiry="$1"; shift
+
+comment="$@"
+
+cat << eof | $sendmail -f "$from" $to
+To: systems-sysadmins@lists.inf.ethz.ch
+Subject: Create account $account in ou $ou
+
+Sysadmin-Proxy: Check & forward this e-mail 1:1 to support@inf.ethz.ch.
+Comment from user: $comment
+
+Dear ISG, please execute
+
+/usr/supp/accts/bin/user_tool \\
+  --create $account \\
+  --ou $ou \\
+  --class $class \\
+  --responsible $responsible \\
+  --expire $expiry
+
+Cheers,
+
+   $USER
+
+-- 
+Send by ${__myname}
+eof