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Operating Systems AIX How to copy user policy from a server to another one? Post 302955845 by rbatte1 on Tuesday 22nd of September 2015 08:56:30 AM

09-22-2015

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If you want to clone a bunch of users, it might be better to use the output from lsuser as root (you get more information) to build a deck of mkuser commands, ensuring that the groups names match in advance.

You would need to keep the UID & GID numbers the same, especially if there is NFS involved or you move data with tar or other methods that put back permissions.

As for copying the password details, this is fraught with danger. You would be best to ensure you get a quiet time and do a big edit to replace the specific passwords and other attributes in /etc/security/passwdone at a time having taken a backup copy first. There is a serious risk that you could leave yourself unable to login to your target server.

You will also need to consider if/how you use ssh keys, remote login and any ftp restrictions that might be in place. There may of course be other software installed or applications that have their own account management too.

Are you wanting to duplicate the whole server by any chance? If so, then mksysb is a better way, although you have to be careful you boot without the network plugged in first time else you will get IP conflicts with the current live server.

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nwfstime

NWFSTIME(1)							     nwfstime							       NWFSTIME(1)

NAME

       nwfstime - Display / Set a NetWare server's date and time

SYNOPSIS

       nwfstime [ -h ] [ -S server ] [ -U user name ] [ -P password | -n ] [ -C ] [ -s ]

DESCRIPTION

       nwfstime displays a NetWare server's date and time. You can also set a NetWare server's date and time from the local time.

OPTIONS

       -h
	  With -h nwfstime prints a little help text.

       -S server
	  is the name of the server you want to use.

       -U user
	  user is the user name to use for login. To set the server's time, you need supervisor privileges.

       -P password
	  password  is	the password to use for login. If neither -n nor -P are given, and the user has no open connection to the server, nwfstime
	  prompts for a password.

       -n
	  -n should be given if no password is required for the login. As you need supervisor privileges for  setting  the  date  and  time,  this
	  option is probably not used very often.

       -C
	  By default, passwords are converted to uppercase before they are sent to the server, because most servers require this. You can turn off
	  this conversion by -C.

       -s
	  With -s, nwfstime sets the file server's date and time according to the local date and time.

nwfstime							    12/10/1996							       NWFSTIME(1)