As part of a NIS implementation, (I think) I want to create a group (in /etc/group) that has users that do not exist on the target machine.
What effect will this have? Will it cause any problems?
Thanks,
Gary Cooper (1 Reply)
Hello,
This may have been addressed already somewhere, however I am looking for the easiest/shortest way to validate a response from a user for a file name.
The file name should not have any of the following characters
~`!@#$%^&*()_-+={|\:;"'<,>.?/
Further the response should not have any... (2 Replies)
Hi
I have to validate the user ids. It should be numeric. I am using following code
echo $input | grep '^\{11\} > /dev/null
if
echo "error"
else
echo "Success"
fi
But when i entered user id as 828^&% the output is
8565
8566
-bash: ^: command not found
Means when i entered... (4 Replies)
Hey People,
I've got a question! How can i write a function in a script which is looking for if a group exist and if not, that the group "users" is the standard group..I know that i have to use "grep" und "if-else"..I will be very happy for answers ;)
Greetz
Ali (2 Replies)
Hi there, normally if I want to remove a user tht I have added to a specific group, i would do the following
this is what my group2 looks like
# grep group2 /etc/group
group2:x:7777:user2,user1,user4
user1 has been defined in a few groups
# id -nG user1
group1 group2 group3
So... (3 Replies)
Our SAN administrator decided to unpresent then destroy LUN's we were actively using as a volume group (all PV's in said volume group). Now every time I do a pvscan or whatever it complains about I/O errors trying to access those PV's. How do I get it to forget the VG existed completely? vgreduce... (7 Replies)
$Input_filename=$ARGV;
if (!-d $Input_filename && ! -e $Input_filename)
{
print "USAGE: Please enter '$ABCD/def/dsed.txt' as an arguement \n";
exit;
}
1. Input Is suppose to be something like "$ABCD/def/dsed.txt".
if the input is wrong the script should throw an ERROR message.... (2 Replies)
Hi,
In the following output you can see the the user "richard" is a member on the team/group "developers":
# id richard
uid=10247(richard) gid=100361(developers) groups=100361(developers),10053(testers)
but in the following details of the said group (developers), the said user... (3 Replies)
What I'm trying to do is write a script in Perl to find a user and if that user exist it would print "User Exist, Pls Try Again". If The user doesn't exist I'm able to create a user with a password.
Any suggestions? (3 Replies)
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
I'm able to create a group but when I'm trying to delete the group it keeps stating Group Doesn't Exist. I know... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: GoBoyGo
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
groupdel
GROUPDEL(8) System Manager's Manual GROUPDEL(8)NAME
groupdel - Delete a group
SYNOPSIS
groupdel group
DESCRIPTION
The groupdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that refer to group. The named group must exist.
You must manually check all filesystems to insure that no files remain with the named group as the file group ID.
CAVEATS
You may not remove the primary group of any existing user. You must remove the user before you remove the group.
FILES
/etc/group - group information
/etc/gshadow - secure group information
SEE ALSO chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), groupadd(8), groupmod(8), useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8)AUTHOR
Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)
GROUPDEL(8)