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users-admin

users-admin(1)							   User Commands						    users-admin(1)

NAME

       users-admin - Configure local users and groups on the system.

SYNOPSIS

       users-admin [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       users-admin  enables the user to configure the local users and groups on the system. I also provides the ability to assign RBAC profiles to
       a user.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-options	       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more informa-
				       tion.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Running the main application.

       example% users-admin

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/users-admin	       Executable for users and groups configuration.

       /var/spool/setup-tool-backends/data/users
				       Where user template configurations are stored.

       /var/spool/setup-tool-backends/backup/users
				       Backup directory for files that are modified.

       /var/run/setup-tool-backends/debug/users
				       Debug logs can be found under here.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-system-tools	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Uncommitted		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       time-admin(1),  shares-admin(1),  services-admin(1), network-admin(1), gnome-std-options(5), useradd(1M), usermod(1M), groupadd(1M), group-
       mod(1M), passwd(4), shadow(4), group(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

       YP/NIS, NIS+ and LDAP users should be aware that it's possible to have conflict with users configured in here with the result that an error
       will occur.

       You  should  ensure that local user's home accounts are located on local filesystems - e.g. creating a new entry in /home when it's mounted
       with automount will not work and as such the user may not be created.

       Written by Darren Kenny, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006.

SunOS 5.11							    6 Nov 2006							    users-admin(1)