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Operating Systems Solaris help adding a new user/password Post 302162896 by stevie_velvet on Wednesday 30th of January 2008 03:33:21 PM
Old 01-30-2008
You will need to login as root to do this (assuming you didn't create a seperate account)

1) Command line method
# useradd <name-of-login>
# passwd <name-of-login>

2) Graphical method (Gnome\X-windows)
Look for a program call System Management Console, or SMC,
-or-
Got to managment Tools, This Computer, system Configuraton, User Accounts



Ensure you understand the above before performing a new accout creation. If in doubt, consult http://docs.sun.com

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dsenableroot(8) 					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					   dsenableroot(8)

NAME
dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account. SYNOPSIS
dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword] DESCRIPTION
dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account. Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled. A list of flags and their descriptions: -u username Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer. -p password Password to use in conjunction with the specified username. If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry. -r rootPassword Password to be used for the root account. If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry. EXAMPLES
-dsenableroot Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root account. -dsenableroot -d Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account. -dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account. -dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account. Mac OS August 08 2003 Mac OS
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