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Creating user accounts
Hey everyone I am new to the forums and to Unix. I am currently taking a class on Unix, our teacher posed the question to us How do u create a user account without using GUI or command? We are currently running Knoppix version of Unix and for the life of me I can't figure out how this is possible. Any help or direction would be greatly appretiated. Thx

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pam_unix_account

pam_unix_account(5)					Standards, Environments, and Macros				       pam_unix_account(5)

NAME

       pam_unix_account - PAM account management module for UNIX

SYNOPSIS

       pam_unix_account.so.1

DESCRIPTION

       pam_unix_account  module  implements  pam_sm_acct_mgmt(), which provides functionality to the PAM account management stack. The module pro-
       vides functions to validate that the user's account is not locked or expired and that the user's password does not need to be changed.  The
       module retrieves account information from the configured databases in nsswitch.conf(4).

       The following options can be passed to the module:

       debug		syslog(3C) debugging information at the LOG_DEBUG level

       nowarn		Turn off warning messages

       server_policy	If the account authority for the user, as specified by PAM_USER, is a server, do not apply the Unix policy from the passwd
			entry in the name service switch.

ERRORS

       The following values are returned:

       PAM_UNIX_ACCOUNT        User account has expired

       PAM_AUTHTOK_EXPIRED     Password expired and no longer usable

       PAM_BUF_ERR	       Memory buffer error

       PAM_IGNORE	       Ignore module, not participating in result

       PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD    Obtain new authentication token from the user

       PAM_PERM_DENIED	       The account is locked or has been inactive for too long

       PAM_SERVICE_ERR	       Error in underlying service module

       PAM_SUCCESS	       The account is valid for use at this time

       PAM_USER_UNKNOWN        No account is present for the user

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT Level		     |MT-Safe with exceptions	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pam(3PAM), pam_authenticate(3PAM), syslog(3C), libpam(3LIB), pam.conf(4), nsswitch.conf(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

       The interfaces in libpam(3LIB) are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multi-threaded application uses its own PAM handle.

       Attempts to validate locked accounts are logged via syslog(3C) to the LOG_AUTH facility with a LOG_NOTICE severity.

SunOS 5.11							    14 Feb 2005 					       pam_unix_account(5)