V8.00.000.2025.06.17

Signed-off-by: Marc S. Weidner <msw@coresecret.dev>

.preseed/preseed.yaml

@@ -688,13 +688,12 @@ user:
     protected: true            # Prevent unintentional edits or deletions.
     shell: /bin/zsh            # Login shell (e.g., '/bin/bash', '/bin/zsh'); use '/usr/sbin/nologin' for non-interactive users.
     password: ""
-    ssh_pubkeys:               # List of public SSH keys for authentication.
+    sshpubkey: ""
-      - ""
     authentication:
       access:
         ssh: false             # Allow SSH access.
         tty: true              # Allow TTY (local console) login.
-      password_auth:
+      password:
         ssh: false             # Allow SSH password login.
         tty: true              # Allow TTY (local console) password login.
       2fa:
@@ -703,9 +702,9 @@ user:
     privileges:
       description: "Root user with full system access and administrative privileges."
       sudo: false              # Whether the user can escalate to root using sudo.
-      system_user: false       # Whether this is a low-UID system user (e.g., for automation).
+      system: true             # Whether this is a low-UID system user (e.g., for automation).
-      restricted: false        # If true, user is limited in scope (e.g., no login, no file access).
+      restricted: false        # If true, user is limited in scope (e.g., no login, no file access, --no-create-home)
-      shell_access: true       # MUST be "true" if shell is not '/usr/sbin/nologin' or '/bin/false'.
+      shell: true              # MUST be "true" if shell is not '/usr/sbin/nologin' or '/bin/false'.
 
   ##############################################################################################################################
   # Primary administrative user with full sudo access
@@ -719,13 +718,12 @@ user:
     gid: 1000                  # Ensures that the same user has the same GID on all systems.
     shell: /bin/zsh            # Login shell (e.g., '/bin/bash', '/bin/zsh'); use '/usr/sbin/nologin' for non-interactive users.
     password: ""
-    ssh_pubkeys:               # List of public SSH keys for authentication.
+    sshpubkey: ""
-      - ""
     authentication:
       access:
         ssh: true              # Allow SSH access.
         tty: true              # Allow TTY (local console) login.
-      password_auth:
+      password:
         ssh: false             # Allow SSH password login.
         tty: true              # Allow TTY (local console) password login.
       2fa:
@@ -734,9 +732,9 @@ user:
     privileges:
       description: "Primary admin user with full sudo access and interactive login."
       sudo: true               # Whether the user can escalate to root using sudo.
-      system_user: false       # Whether this is a low-UID system user (e.g., for automation).
+      system: false            # Whether this is a low-UID system user (e.g., for automation).
-      restricted: false        # If true, user is limited in scope (e.g., no login, no file access).
+      restricted: false        # If true, user is limited in scope (e.g., no login, no file access, --no-create-home)
-      shell_access: true       # MUST be "true" if shell is not '/usr/sbin/nologin' or '/bin/false'.
+      shell: true              # MUST be "true" if shell is not '/usr/sbin/nologin' or '/bin/false'.
 
   ##############################################################################################################################
   # ansible – System user for automation, no interactive shell
@@ -750,13 +748,12 @@ user:
     gid: 137                   # Ensures that the same user has the same GID on all systems.
     shell: /usr/sbin/nologin   # Login shell (e.g., '/bin/bash', '/bin/zsh'); use '/usr/sbin/nologin' for non-interactive users.
     password: ""               # No password set for ansible user
-    ssh_pubkeys:               # List of public SSH keys for authentication.
+    sshpubkey: ""
-      - ""
     authentication:
       access:
         ssh: true              # Allow SSH access.
         tty: false             # Allow TTY (local console) login.
-      password_auth:
+      password:
         ssh: false             # Allow SSH password login.
         tty: false             # Allow TTY (local console) password login.
       2fa:
@@ -765,8 +762,8 @@ user:
     privileges:
       description: "Automation user without interactive shell and no sudo."
       sudo: true               # Whether the user can escalate to root using sudo.
-      system_user: true        # Whether this is a low-UID system user (e.g., for automation).
+      system: true             # Whether this is a low-UID system user (e.g., for automation).
-      restricted: true         # If true, user is limited in scope (e.g., no login, no file access).
+      restricted: false        # If true, user is limited in scope (e.g., no login, no file access, --no-create-home)
-      shell_access: false      # MUST be "true" if shell is not '/usr/sbin/nologin' or '/bin/false'.
+      shell: false             # MUST be "true" if shell is not '/usr/sbin/nologin' or '/bin/false'.
 
 # vim: number et ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 ai tw=128 ft=yaml

func/1080_helper_chroot.sh

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ do_in_target_script() {
     do_log "emergency" "true" "Failure: chroot '${var_chroot_target}': '${var_chroot_script}'."
     do_log "debug" "true" "Return code: '${var_chroot_rc}'."
 
-    # TODO: Tests with Dialog Wrapper in interactive mode.
+    # TODO: Test with Dialog Wrapper in interactive mode.
     #if [[ "${DEBUG_INTERACTIVE}" == "true" ]]; then
     #  do_log "warning" "true" "Launching interactive debug shell in chroot: '${var_chroot_target}'."
     #  chroot "${var_chroot_target}" /bin/bash -l

func/1250_yaml_parser.sh

@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ yaml_parser() {
   yq -o=shell "${DIR_TMP}/combined.yaml" >| "${VAR_PRESEED}"
 
   declare -agx ARY_BOOTPARAM=() ARY_NTPSRVR=() ARY_PACKAGES=()
-  declare var_key var_value
+  declare -gix VAR_USER_MAX=0
+  declare var_index var_key var_value
 
+  ### Generate Arrays for Grub Parameter, NTPSec Server FQDN, Software Packages
   while IFS='=' read -r var_key var_value; do
     var_value=${var_value#\'}
     var_value=${var_value%\'}
@@ -44,6 +46,15 @@ yaml_parser() {
     esac
   done < "${VAR_PRESEED}"
 
+  ### Search all set variables for user_userN_name patterns.
+  while IFS='=' read -r var_index; do
+    if [[ "${var_index}" =~ ^user_user([0-9]+)_name$ ]]; then
+      var_index="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+      (( var_index > VAR_USER_MAX )) && VAR_USER_MAX="${var_index}"
+    fi
+  done < <(compgen -v)
+
+  ### Delete the respective 'key:value'-variables in the global variable set.
   sed -i '/^grub_parameter_[0-9]\+=/d' "${VAR_PRESEED}"
   sed -i '/^ntp_server_[0-9]\+=/d' "${VAR_PRESEED}"
   sed -i '/^software_[0-9]\+=/d' "${VAR_PRESEED}"

func/4090_minimal_toolset.sh

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ minimal_toolset() {
     ["cat"]="coreutils"
     ["chmod"]="coreutils"
     ["chown"]="coreutils"
+    ["chpasswd"]="passwd"
+    ["chsh"]="passwd"
     ["cp"]="coreutils"
     ["cryptsetup"]="cryptsetup-initramfs"
     ["echo"]="coreutils"
@@ -39,7 +41,9 @@ minimal_toolset() {
     ["mkdir"]="coreutils"
     ["ping"]="iputils-ping"
     ["sed"]="sed"
+    ["sudo"]="sudo"
     ["update-initramfs"]="initramfs-tools"
+    ["zsh"]="zsh"
   )
 
   for var_bin in "${!hmp_tool_pkg[@]}"; do

func/4155_setup_grub_password.sh

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ generate_grub_password_pbkdf2() {
 
   expect <<EOF
     log_user 0
-    spawn grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2
+    spawn grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 --iteration-count=131072 --salt=64 --buflen=64
     expect "Enter password:"
     send "$var_pass\r"
     expect "Reenter password:"

func/4180_setup_ssh.sh

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ guard_sourcing
 #######################################
 # Setup ssh server.
 # Globals:
+#   BASH_REMATCH
 #   DIR_BAK
 #   DIR_LOG
 #   TARGET
@@ -24,10 +25,6 @@ guard_sourcing
 #   VAR_SETUP_PATH
 #   ssh_port
 #   ssh_root_ca
-#   user_user0_name
-#   user_user1_name
-#   user_user2_name
-#   user_user3_name
 # Arguments:
 #   None
 # Returns:
@@ -40,21 +37,13 @@ setup_ssh() {
   # Variable declaration
   #######################################
   declare -a ary_user=()
-  declare -i max_index=0 index i
+  declare -i i
-  declare var=""
+  declare var_auth="" var_name=""
-
-  ### Search all set variables for user_userN_name patterns.
-  while IFS='=' read -r var; do
-    if [[ "${var}" =~ ^user_user([0-9]+)_name$ ]]; then
-      index="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
-      (( index > max_index )) && max_index="${index}"
-    fi
-  done < <(compgen -v)
 
   ### Only process those for which both *_name and *_authentication_access_ssh are set.
-  for ((i = 0; i <= max_index; i++)); do
+  for ((i = 0; i <= VAR_USER_MAX; i++)); do
-    declare var_auth="user_user${i}_authentication_access_ssh"
+    var_auth="user_user${i}_authentication_access_ssh"
-    declare var_name="user_user${i}_name"
+    var_name="user_user${i}_name"
 
     if [[ -v "${var_auth}" && -v "${var_name}" && "${!var_auth}" == "true" ]]; then
       ary_user+=("${!var_name}")
@@ -64,11 +53,8 @@ setup_ssh() {
   rm -rf "${TARGET}"/etc/ssh/ssh_host_*key*
 
   do_in_target "${TARGET}" ssh-keygen -o -N "" -t ed25519 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key -C "root@${VAR_FINAL_FQDN}-$(date -I)"
-  do_log "info" "true" "Generated ed25519 SSH Key, executed in: '${TARGET}'."
 
   do_in_target "${TARGET}" ssh-keygen -o -N "" -t rsa -b 4096 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -C "root@${VAR_FINAL_FQDN}-$(date -I)"
-  do_log "info" "true" "Generated RSA4096 SSH Key, executed in: '${TARGET}'."
-
 
   mkdir -p "${DIR_BAK}/etc/ssh"
   cp "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config" "${DIR_BAK}/etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak"
@@ -83,23 +69,23 @@ setup_ssh() {
   chmod 0600 "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/ssh_config"
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2153
-  sed -i "s/ListenAddress                0.0.0.0/ListenAddress                ${VAR_FINAL_IPV4}/" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+  sed -i -E "s|^\s*ListenAddress\s+.*$|$(printf '%-30s%s' 'ListenAddress' "${VAR_FINAL_IPV4}")|" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
 
   if [[ -n "${VAR_FINAL_IPV6}" ]]; then
-    sed -i "s/ListenAddress                ::/ListenAddress                ${VAR_FINAL_IPV6}/" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+    sed -i -E "s|^\s*ListenAddress\s+::.*$|$(printf '%-30s%s' 'ListenAddress' "${VAR_FINAL_IPV6}")|" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
   else
     sed -i "/^\s*ListenAddress\s*::/d" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
   fi
 
-  sed -i "s/Port                         MUST_BE_CHANGED/Port                         ${ssh_port}/" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+  sed -i -E "s|^\s*Port\s+.*$|$(printf '%-30s%s' 'Port' "${ssh_port}")|" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
 
   if (( ${#ary_user[@]} > 0 )); then
-    sed -i "s/AllowUsers                   root/AllowUsers                   root ${ary_user[*]}/" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+    sed -i -E "s|^\s*AllowUsers\s+.*$|$(printf '%-30s%s' 'AllowUsers' "root ${ary_user[*]}")|" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
   fi
 
   if [[ -n "${ssh_root_ca}" ]]; then
     install -D -m 0644 -o root -g root "${VAR_SETUP_PATH}${ssh_root_ca}" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/"
-    sed -i "s/TrustedUserCAKeys            none/TrustedUserCAKeys            \/etc\/ssh\/${ssh_root_ca}/" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+     sed -i -E "s|^\s*TrustedUserCAKeys\s+.*$|$(printf '%-30s%s' 'TrustedUserCAKeys' "/etc/ssh/${ssh_root_ca}")|" "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
   fi
 
   do_in_target_script "${TARGET}" "sshd -T >| ${DIR_LOG}/sshd_config.log"
@@ -113,6 +99,7 @@ setup_ssh() {
   # The chmod +x command ensures that the file is executed in every shell session.          #
   ###########################################################################################
   echo "readonly TMOUT=14400" >| "${TARGET}/etc/profile.d/idle-users.sh"
+  # TODO: Check empty value
   #echo "readonly HISTFILE" >> "${TARGET}/etc/profile.d/idle-users.sh"
   chmod +x "${TARGET}/etc/profile.d/idle-users.sh"
 

func/4195_setup_dropbear.sh

@@ -51,14 +51,8 @@ setup_dropbear() {
   chown root:root "${TARGET}"/etc/dropbear/initramfs/dropbear*key
 
   ### Prepare dropbear authorized_keys
-  declare -a ary_user=()
-  ary_user+=("${user_root_ssh_pubkeys_0}")
-  [[ -v user_root_ssh_pubkeys_1 ]] && ary_user+=("${user_root_ssh_pubkeys_1}")
-  [[ -v user_root_ssh_pubkeys_2 ]] && ary_user+=("${user_root_ssh_pubkeys_2}")
-  [[ -v user_root_ssh_pubkeys_3 ]] && ary_user+=("${user_root_ssh_pubkeys_3}")
-
   touch "${TARGET}/etc/dropbear/initramfs/authorized_keys" && chmod 0600 "${TARGET}/etc/dropbear/initramfs/authorized_keys"
-  printf "%s\n" "${ary_user[@]}" > "${TARGET}/etc/dropbear/initramfs/authorized_keys"
+  printf "%s\n" "${user_root_sshpubkey}" > "${TARGET}/etc/dropbear/initramfs/authorized_keys"
   install -D -m 0755 -o root -g root "${VAR_SETUP_PATH}/includes/etc/banner" "${TARGET}/etc/dropbear/initramfs/"
 
   ### Check for initramfs "IP"-variable: static or dynamic configuration vai dhcp.

func/4200_setup_accounts.sh

@@ -12,105 +12,133 @@
 
 guard_sourcing
 
-###########################################################################################
+#######################################
-# Updating user accounts
+# Updating user accounts.
-###########################################################################################
+# Globals:
+#   TARGET
+#   VAR_USER_MAX
+#   user_root_authentication_access_ssh
+#   user_root_password
+#   user_root_shell
+#   user_root_sshpubkey
+# Arguments:
+#   None
+# Returns:
+#   0: on success
+#######################################
 setup_accounts() {
 
-  declare -a ary_user_accounts=()
+  #######################################
-  ary_user_accounts+=("")
+  # Declare Variables
+  #######################################
+  declare -i i
+  declare tmp_username="" tmp_fullname="" tmp_uid="" tmp_gid="" tmp_shell="" tmp_password="" tmp_sshpubkey="" tmp_sudo="" \
+    tmp_restricted=""
+  declare var_username="" var_fullname="" var_uid="" var_gid="" var_shell="" var_password="" var_sshpubkey="" var_sudo="" \
+    var_restricted="" var_chpasswd="" var_sshdir=""
 
-  if [[ ${accounts_root_login,,} == "true" ]]; then
+  ### Preparing the root account
-
+  chown root:root "${TARGET}/etc/passwd" "${TARGET}/etc/shadow" "${TARGET}/etc/group" "${TARGET}/etc/gshadow"
-    do_in_target "${TARGET}" /bin/bash -c "echo 'root:${accounts_root_password_crypted}' | chpasswd -e"
+  chmod 644 "${TARGET}/etc/passwd" "${TARGET}/etc/group"
-    do_log "info" "false" "Account 'root' password inserted."
+  chmod 600 "${TARGET}/etc/shadow" "${TARGET}/etc/gshadow"
-
-    if [[ ! -d ${TARGET}/root/.ssh ]]; then
-
-      mkdir "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh
-      chown root:root "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh
-      chmod 0700 "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh
-
-    else
-
-      chown root:root "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh
-      chmod 0700 "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh
-
-    fi
-
-    if [[ ! -f ${TARGET}/root/.ssh/authorized_keys ]]; then
-
-      touch "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      chown root:root "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      chmod 0600 "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      printf "%s\n" "$accounts_root_ssh_pub_key" >> "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      do_log "info" "false" "Account 'root' SSH public key '/root/.ssh/authorized_keys' inserted."
-
-    else
-
-      chown root:root "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      chmod 0600 "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      printf "%s\n" "$accounts_root_ssh_pub_key" >> "${TARGET}"/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      do_log "info" "false" "Account 'root' SSH public key '/root/.ssh/authorized_keys' inserted."
-
-    fi
-
-
-  elif [[ ${accounts_root_login,,} == "false" ]]; then
-
-    do_log "info" "false" "Skipped creation of 'root' password."
 
+  if [[ -x "${TARGET}${user_root_shell}" ]]; then
+    do_in_target "${TARGET}" chsh -s "${user_root_shell}" root
   else
-
+    do_log "warn" "true" "Shell: '${user_root_shell}' not found for: 'root'. Using '/bin/bash' instead."
-    do_log "error" "true" "Invalid value for 'accounts_root_login': '${accounts_root_login}'. Expected value: 'true' or 'false'."
-
   fi
 
-  if [[ ${accounts_user_login,,} == "true" ]]; then
+  var_chpasswd="root:${user_root_password}"
+  do_in_target_script "${TARGET}" "echo \"${var_chpasswd}\" | chpasswd -e"
+  var_chpasswd=""
 
-    echo "${accounts_user_name}:${accounts_user_password_crypted}" | chpasswd -e
+  install -d -m 0700 -o root -g root "${TARGET}/root/.ssh"
-    do_log "info" "false" "Account '${accounts_user_name}' password inserted."
+  install -m 0600 -o root -g root /dev/null "${TARGET}/root/.ssh/authorized_keys"
 
-    if [[ ! -d ${TARGET}/home/${accounts_user_name}/.ssh ]]; then
+  grep -qxF "${user_root_sshpubkey}" "${TARGET}/root/.ssh/authorized_keys" || \
-
+    printf "%s\n" "${user_root_sshpubkey}" >> "${TARGET}/root/.ssh/authorized_keys"
-      mkdir "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh
-      chown "${accounts_user_name}":"${accounts_user_name}" "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh
-      chmod 0700 "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh
 
+  if [[ "${user_root_authentication_access_ssh}" == "false" ]]; then
+    if grep -q '^\s*PermitRootLogin' "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"; then
+      sed -i 's/^\s*PermitRootLogin\s\+.*/PermitRootLogin no/' "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
     else
-
+      echo 'PermitRootLogin no' >> "${TARGET}/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
-      chown "${accounts_user_name}":"${accounts_user_name}" "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh
-      chmod 0700 "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh
-
     fi
-
-    if [[ ! -f ${TARGET}/home/${accounts_user_name}/.ssh/authorized_keys ]]; then
-
-      touch "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      chown "${accounts_user_name}":"${accounts_user_name}" "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      chmod 0600 "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      printf "%s\n" "$accounts_user_ssh_pub_key" >> "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      do_log "info" "false" "Account '${accounts_user_name}' SSH public key '${TARGET}/home/${accounts_user_name}/.ssh/authorized_keys' inserted."
-
-    else
-
-      chown "${accounts_user_name}":"${accounts_user_name}" "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      chmod 0600 "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      printf "%s\n" "$accounts_user_ssh_pub_key" >> "${TARGET}"/home/"${accounts_user_name}"/.ssh/authorized_keys
-      do_log "info" "false" "Account '${accounts_user_name}' SSH public key '${TARGET}/home/${accounts_user_name}/.ssh/authorized_keys' inserted."
-
-    fi
-
-  elif [[ ${accounts_user_login,,} == "false" ]]; then
-
-    do_log "info" "false" "Skipped creation of account '${accounts_user_name}'."
-
-  else
-
-    do_log "error" "true" "Invalid value for 'accounts_user_login': '${accounts_user_login}'. Expected 'true' or 'false'."
-
   fi
 
+  ### Install all user accounts.
+  for ((i = 0; i <= VAR_USER_MAX; i++)); do
+    tmp_username="user_user${i}_name"
+    tmp_fullname="user_user${i}_fullname"
+    tmp_uid="user_user${i}_uid"
+    tmp_gid="user_user${i}_gid"
+    tmp_shell="user_user${i}_shell"
+    tmp_password="user_user${i}_password"
+    tmp_sshpubkey="user_user${i}_sshpubkey"
+    tmp_sudo="user_user${i}_privileges_sudo"
+    tmp_restricted="user_user${i}_privileges_restricted"
+
+    var_username="${!tmp_username}"
+    var_fullname="${!tmp_fullname}"
+    var_uid="${!tmp_uid}"
+    var_gid="${!tmp_gid}"
+    var_shell="${!tmp_shell}"
+    var_password="${!tmp_password}"
+    var_sshpubkey="${!tmp_sshpubkey}"
+    var_sudo="${!tmp_sudo}"
+    var_restricted="${!tmp_restricted}"
+
+    do_in_target "${TARGET}" getent group "${var_username}" >/dev/null || \
+      do_in_target "${TARGET}" groupadd --gid "${var_gid}" "${var_username}"
+
+    if [[ "${var_restricted}" == "false" ]]; then
+
+      do_in_target "${TARGET}" useradd \
+        --comment "${var_fullname}" \
+        --create-home \
+        --expiredate 2102-12-31 \
+        --gid "${var_gid}" \
+        --home-dir /home/"${var_username}" \
+        --inactive 0 \
+        --shell "${var_shell}" \
+        --uid "${var_uid}" \
+        "${var_username}"
+
+    else
+
+      do_in_target "${TARGET}" useradd \
+        --comment "${var_fullname}" \
+        --expiredate 2102-12-31 \
+        --gid "${var_gid}" \
+        --home-dir /home/"${var_username}" \
+        --inactive 0 \
+        --no-create-home \
+        --shell "${var_shell}" \
+        --uid "${var_uid}" \
+        "${var_username}"
+
+    fi
+
+    var_chpasswd="${var_username}:${var_password}"
+    do_in_target_script "${TARGET}" "echo \"${var_chpasswd}\" | chpasswd -e"
+    var_chpasswd=""
+
+    if [[ "${var_sudo}" == "true" ]]; then
+      do_in_target "${TARGET}" usermod -aG sudo "${var_username}"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -n "${var_sshpubkey}" ]]; then
+      var_sshdir="${TARGET}/home/${var_username}/.ssh"
+      install -d -m 0700 -o "${var_username}" -g "${var_username}" "${var_sshdir}"
+      install -m 0600 -o "${var_username}" -g "${var_username}" /dev/null "${var_sshdir}/authorized_keys"
+      grep -qxF "${var_sshpubkey}" "${var_sshdir}/authorized_keys" || \
+       printf "%s\n" "${var_sshpubkey}" >> "${var_sshdir}/authorized_keys"
+    fi
+
+    do_log "info" "true" "Created user: [${var_username}] UID: [${var_uid}], GID: [${var_gid}]"
+
+  done
+
   return 0
 }
 # vim: number et ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 ai tw=128 ft=sh