#!/bin/sh
password_file=mypass

# Get the last line from the password file
lastline=`tail -1 ${password_file}`

# Set the inter-field separator to the colon (:).  this will allow us to parse
# the password file entry that uses colons to separate fields.
IFS=":"

# Set the fields in the password file entry to the parameters 1-7
set ${lastline}

# Don't forget to set ifs back to blank as soon as possible.
IFS=" "
username=$1
passwd=$2
userid=$3
groupid=$4
fullname=$5
homedir=$6
shell=$7

set ${fullname}

# number the names we got from fullname
counter=1
for x in $*
do
  echo ${counter} $x
  counter=`expr ${counter} + 1`
done

firstname=$1
secondname=$2
thirdname=$3

if [ -z $thirdname ]
then
  echo "No middle name"
  lastname=${secondname}
else
  lastname=${thirdname}
  middlename=${secondname}
fi

# list all the names, just so that we can be sure that we have the correct
# fields.
echo "username is ${username}"
echo "password is ${passwd:-*****no password specified!!!!!*****}"
echo "userid is ${userid}"
echo "groupid is ${groupid}"
echo "full name is ${fullname}"
echo "first name is ${firstname}"
if [ ! -z ${middlename} ]
then
echo "middle name is ${middlename}"
fi
echo "last name is ${lastname}"
echo "home directory is ${homedir}"
echo "shell is ${shell}"