Solaris

@DukeNuke2: Hmm, what makes you feel a "/" is need here:

Code:

ls -la ~/n2jkw

?

It actually breaks what I was looking for which is defined here: Shell Command Language

got it...

Duke:

# Ls -la ~/n2jkw

gives me the same results: No such file or directory.

BTW, is this where the user configuration files resides?

Javier Maldonado

this is where they SHOULD be... if you created the user with the right options... and the missing / in the passwd file shows that you don't... maybe you should remove the user and create it again with the "useradd" command.

That should be

Code:

# ls -la ~n2jkw

and that would only work with a POSIX compliant shell like ksh or bash but I'm afraid you are using /sbin/sh which isn't.
No, that's a shortcut to the user home directory.

Ok Duke..

I will remove the user and then use the useradd command.

Keep you posted....thank you guys...great school!

Javier Maldonado

Duke and jlliagre:

I used userdel to get rid of n2jkw.

I revized the passwd file to confirm that it was removed, and it was.

Next I used useradd n2jkw

Next vipw (I did not modify the files, passwd and shadow file. I just look at them even though I invoked an editor)

I confirmed that user n2jkw was created, it was created and the default directory given by system was /home/n2jkw, but the directory was not created by the system.

Next, vipw

Modified file passwd for user n2jkw: replaced home directory like this --> /export/home/n2jkw as directory for user n2jkw and typed my full name in the comment space.

Did not modify shadow file.

Next: #passwd n2jkw (I entered new password for user)

this is the result:

$ ls -l /export
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 512 Oct 14 13:05 home
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 512 Oct 12 05:44 home0
$
$ ls -l export/home
total 2
drwxr-xr-x 11 n2jkw 101 512 Oct 15 23:58 n2jkw
$
$ cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:Super-User:/:/sbin/sh
daemon:x:1:1::/:
bin:x:2:2::/usr/bin:
sys:x:3:3::/:
adm:x:4:4:Admin:/var/adm:
lp:x:71:8:Line Printer Admin:/usr/spool/lp:
uucp:x:5:5:uucp Admin:/usr/lib/uucp:
nuucp:x:9:9:uucp Admin:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
smmsp:x:25:25:SendMail Message Submission Program:/:
listen:x:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
gdm:x:50:50:GDM Reserved UID:/:
webservd:x:80:80:WebServer Reserved UID:/:
postgres:x:90:90:PostgreSQL Reserved UID:/:/usr/bin/pfksh
svctag:x:95:12:Service Tag UID:/:
nobody:x:60001:60001:NFS Anonymous Access User:/:
noaccess:x:60002:60002:No Access User:/:
nobody4:x:65534:65534:SunOS 4.x NFS Anonymous Access User:/:
n2jkw:x:100:1:Javier Maldonado:/export/home/n2jkw:/bin/sh
$
$ df -h
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0d0s0 5.1G 2.8G 2.3G 56% /
/devices 0K 0K 0K 0% /devices
ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/contract
proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc
mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 701M 884K 700M 1% /etc/svc/volatile
objfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/object
sharefs 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/dfs/sharetab
/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap1.so.1
5.1G 2.8G 2.3G 56% /lib/libc.so.1
fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd
swap 721M 21M 700M 3% /tmp
swap 700M 24K 700M 1% /var/run
/dev/dsk/c0d1s7 147G 64M 145G 1% /export/home0
/dev/dsk/c0d0s7 13G 119M 13G 1% /export/home
/vol/dev/dsk/c1t0d0/s10_1009_software_companion
649M 649M 0K 100% /cdrom/s10_1009_software_companion
$
$
$ ls -la ~n2jkw
~n2jkw: No such file or directory
$

Logged off root and logged in as n2jkw


!SUCCESS!

It all worked.

Now I have questions.....

Why directory /home/n2jkw was not created @ useradd n2jkw....?

Is this because the ZFS filesystem did not allowed it?

How do I tell the system to add users @ /export/home by default?

BTW, this whole reply was in the actual machine that we are working with and logged as n2jkw..... way to go guys...

Javier Maldonado