Then explain a bit more: why dsadm is a root account?
There may be a good reason...
If it should not, well since you are still root, you just type:
Then depending of your OS you will have to update the line about dsadm in /etc/passwd (different commands exist depending OS...). IF you are using NIS, it will be different also...
Please give OS (and version) and tell us if you are using NIS
Last edited by vbe; 05-02-2012 at 08:27 AM..
Reason: Ask more infos...
I have a truble with NFS mount.
When i mount remote dir, then all permissions changes!
For example:
# mkdir /data
# mount 10.1.1.100:/var/data /data
# ls -l /data
drwxr-xr-x 7 nobody nobody 5632 Oct 22 14:55 file1
drwxr-xr-x 4 nobody nobody 512 Oct 22 14:55... (4 Replies)
Dear Folks :-)
I want to rsync some files between some servers and preserve files owner and group (not UID or GID), in some machines UID and GID are differents, for example:
a) In the rsync server:
# stat vbseo.php
File: `vbseo.php'
Size: 26758 Blocks: 56 IO... (1 Reply)
Hi,
out of curosity this question just popped in my mind. Is there any way to find out the uid and gid of the running process ?
If i do a ls -l of a program then it shows the uid/gid bit (if its set). I want to see as which user/group the program is running ..... is there any way to know this... (2 Replies)
Hi,
can somebody tell me how to make directoriy in which all files will be generated as dir owner ?
I'm able to add GID for directory group and files have group id like folder , but when i do same for user files still are created as user which creates them :(
drwsrwsrwx 2 flexbul ... (2 Replies)
I´m listing the contents of a directory using the command
ls -lI get numeric uid and gid for some lines.
example:
drwxr-xr-x root root 1970-01-01 01:00 sys
-rw-r--r-- 501 20 0 2010-08-04 14:54 shutdown.bravo.rc
drwxr-x--- 501 20 ... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am new to scrippting need little help, I would like to change uid, gid of exisisting user,
example
User A current uid=1,gid=2 would like to change uid=4,gid=5
I know the command to change uid,gid but after changing I have to change permissions on folders also which are belonging... (3 Replies)
Hi Everyone,
We are encountering the following issue on AIX 5.3. When we do ls -ltr the list displays only user id and group id instead of user name and group name.
This is happening for all users except root. Whe we do ls -ltr with root user it shows perfectly fine.
When we searched... (25 Replies)
I would like to get an opinion for my solution for this task and get feedback about better approach or mistakes I have made.
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
The task is to create a script which prints information about users whose names are specified in the... (2 Replies)
OK, so simple question here:
Is there anyway to REMAP, while extracting with tar, specific uid's and gid's on extracted files ?
Background: The usual transfer between two servers with same literals username's names, but with different gid and uid. I would like, for example, files owned by... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: fidodido
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LEARN ABOUT OSX
userdel
userdel(1M) System Administration Commands userdel(1M)NAME
userdel - delete a user's login from the system
SYNOPSIS
userdel [-r] login
DESCRIPTION
The userdel utility deletes a user account from the system and makes the appropriate account-related changes to the system file and file
system.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-r Remove the user's home directory from the system. This directory must exist. The files and directories under the home directory
will no longer be accessible following successful execution of the command.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
login An existing login name to be deleted.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
2 Invalid command syntax. A usage message for the userdel command is displayed.
6 The account to be removed does not exist.
8 The account to be removed is in use.
10 Cannot update the /etc/group or /etc/user_attr file but the login is removed from the /etc/passwd file.
12 Cannot remove or otherwise modify the home directory.
FILES
/etc/passwd system password file
/etc/shadow system file contain users' encrypted passwords and related information
/etc/group system file containing group definitions
/etc/user_attr system file containing additional user attributes
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO auths(1), passwd(1), profiles(1), roles(1), users(1B), groupadd(1M), groupdel(1M), groupmod(1M), logins(1M), roleadd(1M), rolemod(1M),
useradd(1M), userdel(1M), usermod(1M), passwd(4), prof_attr(4), user_attr(4), attributes(5)NOTES
The userdel utility only deletes an account definition that is in the local /etc/group, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/user_attr file.
file. If a network name service such as NIS or NIS+ is being used to supplement the local /etc/passwd file with additional entries, userdel
cannot change information supplied by the network name service.
SunOS 5.10 8 Sep 1999 userdel(1M)