#! /bin/bash # Run this script in a local node to modify the exising uid of an user based on that specified in /share/apps/configrepo/users_data/newuser.dat username=$(cat /share/apps/configrepo/users_data/newuser.dat | awk '{print $2}') uid=$(cat /share/apps/configrepo/users_data/newuser.dat | awk '{print $3}') pgrep -u $username | xargs kill -9 usermod -u $uid $username