Batch folder creation with user specific sharing and rights properties

Question

Hello all,
I need to create folders for over 120 users.
Each folder has to have specific rights per user.
the basic structure goes
-sharepoint
--USER1
*---(user1) submit*
+(drop box - everyone, (user1) - read right + owner, admin group - read right)+
*---(user1) share*
+(everyone - read only, (user1) - read right + owner, admin group - read right )+
---(user1)
+((user1) - read right + owner, everyone - no access, admin group - read right)+
--USER2
---(user2)submit
+(drop box - everyone, (user2) - read right + owner, admin group - read right)+
---(user2)share
+(everyone - read only, (user2) - read right + owner, admin group - read right)+
---(user2)
+((user2) - read right + owner, everyone - no access, admin group - read right)+
bold - folder
italics - rights
level of folder
and so on 120 times..
this is going to be a tedious task to do by hand and i was wondering if there was anyway to batch process the task. i have user lists already all i need is a way to make it
Any ideas??
Thanks
Message was edited by: adam ramage

Answer 1

If the directory in which you are going to create the directories is called 'file-enclosing-directory', and the file is in your home directory on the server as "userlist" (one username per line), you can run this as a bash script, or from the command line. You will need to be a user that is able to change permissions within the directory.
Something like:
open Terminal
cd to the folder-enclosing-directory
for u in `cat ~/userlist`; do mkdir -p $u $u/submit $u/share; chmod 755 $u/share; chmod 773 $u/submit; chmod 751 $u; chown -R $u:admin $u; done
However, this will cause some problems getting to the interior folders without read permission on the outer folder. ACLs could help, or giving read permission to the $u folder, and having a locked-down third folder inside.
I hope this helps.