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Old 12-04-2001
Creating Users!!!!

Can any body show me how to create users.........

Thnx....
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Old 12-04-2001
Creating user accounts are different on each system..... in general you need:
[list=1][*]A correct entry of the user in the /etc/passwd file.[*]A home directory for the user that matches the entry in the passwd file.[*]A login shell that is in the default environmental path of the user.[*]A minmal set of 'dot' files that hold configuration information for profiles and shells.[*]A minmal set of environment variables for the user shell that come from either the user shell profile above or the system profile for the shell.[/list=1]

Those are the building blocks.....
 
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