The normal secondary delimiter in the /etc/passwd comments field is a comma. Don't try a colon - it will corrupt the passwd file. The "usermod" command should stop you creating an invalid passwd file.
Quote:
cat /etc/passwd | grep $i |
This is a dodgy construct because it can give false matches in any field. In the simple case, consider usernames called "fred", "freda" and "alfred". One extreme case would be a username called "home".
A safer version in the style of your script:
On many O/S the "for i in <open ended list>" construct will collapse when the command line becomes too long for the CLI.
Just for interest in non-trusted HP-UX you can get all the base information for this type of script from the command:
:( i got couple of weeks ago a : HP Visualize workstation , model B100.
everithing is ok in the box the only problem is that i 'am not familiar with this operational sys, and i try to uninstall and see if i can get on it windows net server 64 bit. or any other 64 bit operational sys that i'll... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am a SAP Basis admin recentely been asked to administer a HPUX server. Could someone recommend some good study material to learn with the Sap
prespective.
-carry (1 Reply)
Hi
can any tell where we can get RPM files for HPUX OS
RPM file can be of any application ,it should be succesfully installed in the
machine
Regards
Harish Kumar :confused: (2 Replies)
I am running HPUX and using WLM (workload manager). I want to write a script to fork CPUs to basically take CPUs from other servers to show that the communication is working and CPU licensing is working. Basically, I want to build a script that will use up CPU on a server. Any ideas? (2 Replies)
Hello.
I cant figure out how can i move entire row up , so it pasted on the one above at the end , or to do that for one character.
In notepads,word, or some other text editors we would do that with backspace button.
Example.
Content of my text file is this :
I am trying to do
that.
And... (2 Replies)
Hi,
We've got a samba server running in our DMZ. Our users drag & drop files on it for vendors. Everything was working perfectly until the powers that be decided to build a trust between a couple of internal domains.
Samba is now querying each server in the trust. When a user browses... (5 Replies)
This is the password aging script for aix just completed. So far tested and still testing on one of our aix server running 5.3.0.0. So anyway as you can see it is very similar to pwage-hpux-T the only difference on aix /etc/passwd file looks in this format. Also for this script to work you need to... (0 Replies)