steve's Add admin/sudo user account for WHM
Supports: CentOS 6.5 with cPanel (pre-installed)/7 with cPanel (pre-installed) (64-bit)
Overview
Create a new user with admin/sudo privileges as an alternative to using the root account over SSH and in WHM
Deploy this script (requires existing VPS)
Environment Parameters
The settings below are requested when deploying the script:
| New Admin User Account: |
Create this user name |
|---|---|
| New Admin User's Password: |
user's password |
Source Code
#!/bin/bash
# <env name="new_admin_username" label="New Admin User Account" example="Create this user name" />
# <env name="new_admin_user_password" label="New Admin User's Password" example="user's password" />
function add_new_admin_user {
local USERNAME=$NEW_ADMIN_USERNAME
local USERPASS=$NEW_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD
useradd $USERNAME
echo "$USERNAME:$USERPASS" | chpasswd
echo "$USERNAME:all" >> /var/cpanel/resellers
usermod -aG admin $USERNAME
usermod -aG $USERNAME $USERNAME
echo "$USERNAME ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
}
add_new_admin_user
