You can use a small script for deletion as well. Use grep/sed/awk/ex to remove the unwanted userid, output to a temp file, move the temp file back over the at.allow file.
Something like:
grep/sed will require that you create a temp file, ex will allow the actual at.allow file to be edited.
Will remove the id Bill from the /var/adm/at.allow file.
Hi,
I need to convert user-input from '(this)' to '\(this\)' before passing it to egrep. I've tried using TR, SED and NAWK to add the backslash, but the most I ever get is a backslash without a '(' or ')'.
Any ideas?
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I'm using SAM to add users on an HP and they're adding fine. But in /etc/group it only lists the group names. It's not adding the users in there. Is there a way to have them put in there without going into SAM and modifying the group and adding them? I guess what I want to happen is when I add... (1 Reply)
I'm trying to create a script to remove users from sudoers on multiple servers. I'm able to do this with a one-line script using sed, but only if it's on one server.
Example: sed '/someuser/d' /host/local/etc/sudoers
Also, I think the problem with this one-line script is that I would have to... (4 Replies)
Hello everyone and let me start off by thanking anyone who can help with this.
I work for a company that uses Unix as one of their servers. I'm not at all familar with Unix beyond logging after I restart the server:rolleyes: I'm looking for some command that will bring me up a list of current... (3 Replies)
Hello there,
I want to add new users to my system, so, being logged in as root I do useradd -m user_name, and the new user is added to the system. The problem is that it has more privileges than I expected. If I do su user_name then I am allowed to do cat /etc/passwd , so it is... (4 Replies)
How do I remove a user from a group? I'm using the usermod command but its not working.
I have a user "abc" who is a member of the groups root and other. I'm trying to remove him from the group "other" (using CLI) which is his secondary group but it's not working.
How do I do this? Is there any... (11 Replies)
I apologize if this is a simple/stupid question. When I add users in smit as root, many(most) of the fields are automatically popluated with some basic default values.
Some other admins here have access to create users via sudo, however when they create users (sudo smit users), the user gets... (3 Replies)
Hi guys,
I've a simple linux script (made by my friend), which adds users to the system from userlist file. it also creates user home dir and copies certain files to the directory. To be honest, am a newbie in scripting so am unable to fully understand how the script is working. unfortunately,... (30 Replies)
hello i'm making a bash script for adding users from a txt fille
i have a basic script that adds users and their password . when you type the users by hand , now i want to upgrade my script with a txt file of users and their password , but i don't know how to start .
my txt file looks... (10 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
wtmpx
utmpx(4) File Formats utmpx(4)NAME
utmpx, wtmpx - utmpx and wtmpx database entry formats
SYNOPSIS
#include <utmpx.h>
/var/adm/utmpx
/var/adm/wtmpx
DESCRIPTION
The utmpx and wtmpx files are extended database files that have superseded the obsolete utmp and wtmp database files.
The utmpx database contains user access and accounting information for commands such as who(1), write(1), and login(1). The wtmpx database
contains the history of user access and accounting information for the utmpx database.
USAGE
Applications should not access these databases directly, but should use the functions described on the getutxent(3C) manual page to inter-
act with the utmpx and wtmpx databases to ensure that they are maintained consistently.
FILES
/var/adm/utmpx user access and adminstration information
/var/adm/wtmpx history of user access and adminstrative information
SEE ALSO getutxent(3C), wait(3C)wait.h(3HEAD)SunOS 5.10 22 Feb 1999 utmpx(4)