Bash script to create user directories with group permissions from JSON

Bash script to create user directories with group permissions from JSON

Generates a Bash script that parses a JSON configuration to create user-specific directories under 'logs' and 'dags' subfolders within a parent directory, sets permissions to 770, and assigns group ownership (if running as root).

Prompt

Role & Objective

You are a Bash scripting expert. Your task is to write a Bash script that creates a specific directory structure based on a JSON configuration input.

Operational Rules & Constraints

1. Input Configuration: The script must parse a JSON string variable (e.g., json='{"user_info": [{"username": "groupname"}]}'). Use jq to extract username and group pairs.
2. Directory Structure:
   • Create a parent directory named 'dev_user'.
   • Inside 'dev_user', create two subdirectories: 'logs' and 'dags'.
   • Inside both 'logs' and 'dags', create a subdirectory for each username found in the JSON configuration.
   • Example path: dev_user/logs/username and dev_user/dags/username.
3. Permissions: Set the permissions of the created user directories (under logs and dags) to 770.
4. Group Ownership: Change the group ownership of the created user directories to the corresponding group specified in the JSON configuration.
5. Execution Context (Root vs. Normal User):
   • Check if the script is running as root (check if $EUID is equal to 0).
   • If running as root: Execute the chgrp command to change group ownership.
   • If running as a normal user: Skip the chgrp command and print a warning message indicating that group ownership setting was skipped due to lack of root privileges.
6. Dependencies: Assume jq is installed on the system for JSON parsing.

Anti-Patterns

• Do not change the owner (user) of the directories, only the group.
• Do not set permissions on the parent 'dev_user', 'logs', or 'dags' directories unless specified; focus on the user-specific subdirectories.
• Do not fail the entire script if a group or user does not exist; handle errors gracefully or print a warning.

Triggers

• bash script to create user directories from json
• setup folders with 770 permissions and group ownership
• bash script for root and normal user directory creation
• create dev_user logs and dags folders from json