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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat how to create hidden account in centos Post 302630195 by paruhang on Wednesday 25th of April 2012 01:25:07 PM

04-25-2012

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how to create hidden account in centos

hi everybody,
iam using 32bit centos 6.2 on my machine, and i want to create hidden user 'test' , i mean to say while iam starting my centos at GUI mode, at that time that username 'test' should not appear at list of users, only i can use that username is command line. logging in through other username.

i have try this:

#useradd test
#passwd test
#passwd -l test

and i restart the system at that time username 'test' doen't appears but while iam trying to switch user test in command line such error occurs:
$su test
Password:
su: incorrect password

so i was not able to login. After that i know

passwd -l test = it locks the user 'test'
passwd -u test = it unlocks the user 'test'

can anybody guide me or suggest me how to create hidden account in my local machine, i'll be greatful and any kinds of ideas, suggestions and guidelines are welcome.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

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tpm_selftest

tpm_selftest(8) 					      System Manager's Manual						   tpm_selftest(8)

							  TPM Management - tpm_selftest

NAME

       tpm_selftest - request TPM perform selftest and report

SYNOPSIS

       tpm_selftest [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       tpm_selftest requests that the system's TPM perform a self test (via the TPM_SelfTestFull API) and report the results. The --results option
       reports the outcome of the last self test operation without requesting that another test be executed. If the TPM fails the self test, it
       enters failure mode where no commands are accepted. The results are reported in a manufacturer specific format. The TPM's self test is
       always executed automatically at every boot.

       -h, --help
	      Display command usage info.

       -v, --version
	      Display command version info.

       -l, --log [none|error|info|debug]
	      Set logging level.

       -r, --results
	      Report results only.

SEE ALSO

       tpm_version(1), tpm_takeownership(8), tpm_setownable(8), tcsd(8)

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <trousers-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

TPM Management							    2005-04-25							   tpm_selftest(8)