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Create an example user file, you get to choose the delimiter, do not use commas. The file should contain the following fields: username first name last name phone extension email address department Choose 3 departments to create linux groups for, then create those groups Finally create a script that will read the file provided as the first argument, create the user accounts with the default password of welcome, add the user information to the account (remember email addresses under other), and finally add the user to their departments group as a secondary group. Please submit a text file containing the commands used to setup the group, a file with a list of users and the script file used to add users to the server.
$ echo -e 'john|John|Doe|555-1234|1001|johndoe@example.com|Sales
$ sarah|Sarah|Smith|555-5678|1002|sarahsmith@example.com|Marketing
$ adam|Adam|Johnson|555-9101|1003|adamjohnson@example.com|HR' > users.txt && groupadd sales && groupadd marketing && groupadd hr
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Create a file with user information, create three department groups (sales, marketing, hr)

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  • Create an example user file, you get to choose the delimiter, do not use commas. The file should contain the following fields: username first name last name phone extension email address department Choose 3 departments to create linux groups for, then create those groups Finally create a script that will read the file provided as the first argument, create the user accounts with the default password of welcome, add the user information to the account (remember email addresses under other), and finally add the user to their departments group as a secondary group. Please submit a text file containing the commands used to setup the group, a file with a list of users and the script file used to add users to the server.?
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