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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support How to create user? Post 302508690 by wakkadoo on Monday 28th of March 2011 05:55:32 PM
Old 03-28-2011
linux
usermod -L username
chage -d 0 username
usermod -U username

user will be required to change password after first login
chage -l username will list properties
~]# chage -l test1
Minimum: 14
Maximum: 90
Warning: 7
Inactive: -1
Last Change: Mar 28, 2011
Password Expires: Jun 26, 2011
Password Inactive: Never
Account Expires: Never
 

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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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