Hi,
There was a problem when creating a username. which was to be mapped in nis. but we encountered a problem and decided to delete the username. So instead of using the userdel command we acidentally deleted the username entry in the passwd file, which does not have backup. So upon recreating... (1 Reply)
dear Linux expert,
I am using Fedora R5
how to use tar to archive /var to a test_var.tar and compressing it?
how to delete a user? just remove the line in /etc/passwd?
and then what is the procedure to create a new user ?
many thank (2 Replies)
Hi,
Is there a way to grab the username who is running the shell script. I am trying to do is:
$ who am i
Peterd123 pts/5 Mar 20 09:30 (H0021563.xyz.com)
Is there a way to display only the user name above, which is"Peterd123".
Thanks
Raj (3 Replies)
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Hey,
i'm using AIX 5.3 which authenticates against a Microsoft Active Directory.
Everything works fine but like everytime there's a problem.
I created users with usernames with more than 8 characters.
Now i tried do login on AIX with these users, which didn't work. The login-window... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: damn-86
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Is it possible to change my username in this site or is thre a way to delete my account and then create a new one with a diffrent user name (2 Replies)
Hi
I am new to using unix and am struggling with a script i am writing. What i am trying to do is get a user to enter a username, check the original file i created with username and pin to see if their is a corresponding entry. Next ask the user to enter the pin and see if this matches... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: somersetdan
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I know username is the unique id for my unix_dot_com account, but is it possible change it ? should i raise any special request to moderators ? (2 Replies)
Greetings,
The title pretty much says it all. I've snooped everywhere and can't find anything on this. Since our organization went to numeric usernames, using the u|U option for ps returns no processes. Example passwd entry:
320074:DjZAJKXun8HBs:10129:6006:Joe Y:/cadhome/analysis/jy:/bin/bash... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: crimso
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lppasswd
lppasswd(1) Apple Inc. lppasswd(1)NAME
lppasswd - add, change, or delete digest passwords.
SYNOPSIS
lppasswd [ username ]
lppasswd -a [ -g groupname ] username
lppasswd -x username
DESCRIPTION
lppasswd adds, changes, or deletes passwords in the CUPS digest password file, passwd.md5. When run by a normal user, lppasswd will prompt
for the old and new passwords. When run by the super-user, lppasswd can add new accounts (-a username), change existing accounts (user-
name), or delete accounts (-x username) in the digest password file. Digest usernames do not have to match local UNIX usernames.
OPTIONS
lppasswd supports the following options:
-g groupname
Specifies a group other than the default system group.
SECURITY ISSUES
By default, the lppasswd program is not installed to allow ordinary users to change their passwords. To enable this, the lppasswd command
must be made setuid to root with the command:
chmod u+s lppasswd
While every attempt has been made to make lppasswd secure against exploits that could grant super-user privileges to unprivileged users,
paranoid system administrators may wish to use Basic authentication with accounts managed by PAM instead.
SEE ALSO lp(1), lpr(1),
http://localhost:631/help
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.
22 February 2008 CUPS lppasswd(1)