08-29-2011
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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
does any know how I can create more admin login accounts in unix? would there be a file somewhere that would have a list of these accounts?
thanks,
gammaman (3 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
:) Hi guis,
I would like to Know how to create a new user account with examples.
I refered some books ,but they r not clear.
Can any body of u provide me a shell script to create a new user account.
any help pls :)
cheers
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Hi
How do I create a new account with a specific group and home directory specified?
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My admin has set password policy to de-activate user account if there is not login for 90 days. How can i re-activate user account w/o deleting, or changing user password.
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5. Solaris
Hi All,
I want to create an user account which can only excute "df -kh" and "prstat -a" command. The user will not be able to perform "rm" and other critical commands.
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rgds,
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6. Red Hat
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I have to move user account from solaris to Linux environment because I don't want user to create password again in Linux environment, so could somebody confirm me how to do it, I know there are files /etc/groups, /etc/passwd and /etc/shadows need to copy but somebody confirm me what is the... (2 Replies)
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I logged in as root in solaris machine and made an attempt to create a user ,i am getting the following error message pls help me to resolve this issue
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Hi,
I need to deactivate a user account for some time and then reactivate the user account ...
Can anybody please help me how to do this.....
I don't have root privileges but i have sudo to privileges.
Thanks....
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Hi,
I need to deactivate a user account for some time and then reactivate the user account ...
Can anybody please help me how to do this.....
I don't have root privileges but i have sudo to privileges.
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10. Solaris
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Please i need urgent help...
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USER(8) BSD System Manager's Manual USER(8)
NAME
user -- manage user login information on the system
SYNOPSIS
user add -D [options]
user add [options] user
user del -D [options]
user del [options] user
user info [options] user
user mod [options] user
DESCRIPTION
The user utility acts as a frontend to the useradd(8), usermod(8), userinfo(8), and userdel(8) commands. The utilities by default are built
with EXTENSIONS. This allows for further functionality.
For a full explanation of the options available, please see the relevant manual page.
EXIT STATUS
The user utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
FILES
/etc/skel/.[A-z]* Skeleton files for new user
/etc/usermgmt.conf Configuration file for user, group(8) and the backend commands mentioned above.
SEE ALSO
chpass(1), group(5), passwd(5), usermgmt.conf(5), useradd(8), userdel(8), userinfo(8), usermod(8)
HISTORY
The user utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5. It is based on the addnerd package by the same author.
AUTHORS
The user utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.
BSD
November 16, 2005 BSD