01-06-2008
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Originally Posted by
Katkota
Thanks for the reply, but any idea on how to do your solution for question 1?
Which aspect are you unfamilar with? The NFS server (ie a central server holding everyone's home directories) or the automounter config (ie setting up /home/blah to contain the relevant user's homedir on every server they log into)?
It'll save me going into detail on something you already know
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
userdel
userdel(1M) System Administration Commands userdel(1M)
NAME
userdel - delete a user's login from the system
SYNOPSIS
userdel [-r] login
DESCRIPTION
The userdel utility deletes a user account from the system and makes the appropriate account-related changes to the system file and file
system.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-r Remove the user's home directory from the system. This directory must exist. The files and directories under the home directory
will no longer be accessible following successful execution of the command.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
login An existing login name to be deleted.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
2 Invalid command syntax. A usage message for the userdel command is displayed.
6 The account to be removed does not exist.
8 The account to be removed is in use.
10 Cannot update the /etc/group or /etc/user_attr file but the login is removed from the /etc/passwd file.
12 Cannot remove or otherwise modify the home directory.
FILES
/etc/passwd system password file
/etc/shadow system file contain users' encrypted passwords and related information
/etc/group system file containing group definitions
/etc/user_attr system file containing additional user attributes
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
auths(1), passwd(1), profiles(1), roles(1), users(1B), groupadd(1M), groupdel(1M), groupmod(1M), logins(1M), roleadd(1M), rolemod(1M),
useradd(1M), userdel(1M), usermod(1M), passwd(4), prof_attr(4), user_attr(4), attributes(5)
NOTES
The userdel utility only deletes an account definition that is in the local /etc/group, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/user_attr file.
file. If a network name service such as NIS or NIS+ is being used to supplement the local /etc/passwd file with additional entries, userdel
cannot change information supplied by the network name service.
SunOS 5.10 8 Sep 1999 userdel(1M)