#!/bin/bash for i in 1000 1001 1002 1003 ;do user=`getent passwd $i | cut -f1 -d:` if [ ! -f /var/lib/AccountsService/users/$user ]; then echo " [User] XSession=cinnamon SystemAccount=false " | sudo tee /var/lib/AccountsService/users/$user else echo "seems /var/lib/AccountsService/users/$user exists as a file" fi done