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Old 04-26-2011
usermod in AIX
Hello All,

Could you please let me know if the usermod command works in AIX? If yes, on what versions? We have a situation in which we need to change the UID of few users who have the same UID as root. We have changed it in /etc/passwd for now but want to use usermod in future. The syntax is as follows "#usermod -u 1000 sshd"; Are there any other ways to do it?
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Old 04-26-2011
It is not recommended, but that is the recommended way. If there is a need to keep many systems in sync, something like yppasswd/nispasswd administers ids centrally.

AIX has SMIT: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ai...mit/index.html
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Old 04-27-2011
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