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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#tilde.32bit.cafe account creation script. Requires a username and an email as an argument
+
+if [ -z "$1"  ] ; then
+    echo "Must provide username and email! ex acctcreate qt howdy@qt314.me"
+    exit
+fi
+
+username=$1
+email=$2
+
+useradd -m --comment $email $username
+
+mkdir /home/$username/www
+cp /root/index.html /home/$username/www/index.html
+cp /root/readme.txt /home/$username/
+
+#update placeholder text in default index.html
+sed -i "s/USERNAME/$username/g" /home/$username/www/index.html
+
+#create symlink from webroot to user's home dir
+ln -s /home/$username/www/ /var/www/\~$username
+
+#update permissions
+chown $username:caddy /var/www/\~$username
+chown -R $username:$username /home/$username
+chown -R $username:caddy /home/$username/www
+chmod -R 644 /home/$username/www/
+chmod 754 /home/$username/www
+
+#force everything in /home/$username/www to be in the caddy group. Allows web server to read these files
+chmod g+s /home/$username/www
+
+#set dick space usage limits. Settings are copied from user qt
+edquota -p qt $username
+
+echo "Setup complete"