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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to update passwd Post 100792 by er_aparna on Thursday 2nd of March 2006 03:08:52 AM

03-02-2006

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Its not working yet , i really dont know where z is problem coming as the user group and shadow files are as follows :

/etc/passwd
root:x:0:1:Super-User:/:/sbin/sh
daemon:x:1:1::/:
bin:x:2:2::/usr/bin:
sys:x:3:3::/:
adm:x:4:4:Admin:/var/adm:
lp:x:71:8:Line Printer Admin:/usr/spool/lp:
smtp:x:0:0:Mail Daemon User:/:
uucp:x:5:5:uucp Admin:/usr/lib/uucp:
nuucp:x:9:9:uucp Admin:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
listen:x:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
nobody:x:60001:60001:Nobody:/:
noaccess:x:60002:60002:No Access User:/:
nobody4:x:65534:65534:SunOS 4.x Nobody:/:
tjob:x:100:900:User for Time Job administration:/oms_var/tjob:/bin/sh
atop:x:101:900:User for ATOP administration:/oms_var/atop:/bin/sh
uatop:x:102:900:User for UNIX-ATOP:/oms_var/uatop:/bin/sh
emnadm:x:103:1::/oms_var/emnadm:/bin/sh
omc:x:104:900::/home/omc:/bin/sh
test2:x:556:107::/opt:/bin/ksh

/etc/group
root::0:root
other::1:
bin::2:root,bin,daemon
sys::3:root,bin,sys,adm
adm::4:root,adm,daemon
uucp::5:root,uucp
mail::6:root
tty::7:root,tty,adm
lp::8:root,lp,adm
nuucp::9:root,nuucp
staff::10:
daemon::12:root,daemon
sysadmin::14:
nobody::60001:
noaccess::60002:
nogroup::65534:
oms::900:
switch::105:
in::106:
inNSS2004::102:
test::100:
as::107:

etc/shadow
root:eR72..kxktN42:11527::::::
daemon:NP:6445::::::
bin:NP:6445::::::
sys:NP:6445::::::
adm:NP:6445::::::
lp:NP:6445::::::
uucp:NP:6445::::::
nuucp:NP:6445::::::
listen:*LK*:::::::
nobody:NP:6445::::::
noaccess:NP:6445::::::
nobody4:NP:6445::::::
tjob:*LK*:11818::::::
atop:*LK*:11818::::::
uatop:*LK*:::::::
emnadm:*LK*:11818::::::
omc:d9FZnfitKORhs:11818::::::
test2::::::::

Pls help me out...

Thnks in advance.

er_aparna

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uusched

uusched(1M)						  System Administration Commands					       uusched(1M)

NAME

       uusched - uucp file transport program scheduler

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/uucp/uusched [-u debug-level] [-x debug-level]

DESCRIPTION

       uusched	is  the   uucp(1C) file transport scheduler. It is usually started by the daemon uudemon.hour that is started by  cron(1M) from an
       entry in user uucp's crontab file:

	      11,41 * * * * /etc/uucp/uucp/uudemon.hour

OPTIONS

       The options are for debugging purposes only. debug-level is a number between  0 and  9. Higher numbers give more detailed debugging  infor-
       mation:

       The following options are supported:

       -u debug-level  Passes the -u debug-level option  uucico(1M) as -x debug-level.

       -x debug-level  Outputs debugging messages from	uusched.

FILES

       /etc/uucp/Devices

       /etc/uucp/Permissions

       /etc/uucp/Systems

       /var/spool/locks/*

       /var/spool/uucp/*

       /var/spool/uucppublic/*

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWbnuu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       uucp(1C), uustat(1C), uux(1C), cron(1M), uucico(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    19 May 1993 						       uusched(1M)