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Operating Systems AIX Equivalent uid to root Post 302756117 by bakunin on Tuesday 15th of January 2013 08:26:59 AM

01-15-2013

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The user accounting in AIX is a bit more complicated than you seem to assume: there is not only "/etc/passwd" but also "/etc/security/passwd", similar for groups. In addition some information might be stored in the ODM. You have to change these files and make sure their contents match somehow, otherwise inconsistencies can be expected.

Without complete information i am left to guesses, but first i would check this and make sure the user database is consistent with itself.

The problem about "only root can do that" is probably caused by sloppy programming: usually the system uses numeric UIDs and these are only translated to names via consulting "/etc/passwd" for human convenience (quite like IP addresses are translated via "/etc/passwd"). Some utility might, instead of sticking to this convention, use user names instead of IDs though.

I hope this helps.

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partimaged-passwd(8)				       Partition Image Server Configuration				      partimaged-passwd(8)

NAME

       partimaged-passwd - Manage partimaged user accounts

SYNTAX

       partimaged-passwd [-Dhl] username password
       partimaged-passwd [-Dhl] username

DESCRIPTION

       partimaged can either authenticate against local user accounts (This needs access to /etc/shadow. As this is a potential security risk this
       method is not recommended) or its own password database in /etc/partimaged/passwd.db. To simplify the management  of  the  partimaged  user
       database  this tool was written. It allows to easily add and remove users or list the users in the database. All users in this database are
       allowed to access the partimaged server.

OPTIONS

       -D username
	      Delete the specified user from the password file.

       -l     List users in password file and exit.

       -h     Output help information and exit.

FILES

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AUTHORS

       Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

       partimaged(8), partimagedusers(5), partimage(1)

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