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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am just wondering why there are two similar commands for creating a user. Could you please point me when I should choose adduser and when useradd? This puzzles me a little.
Thanks,
Panos (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Zeldforged
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2. Solaris
Brain teaser,
I was given the task below. I believe the consultant runs software on his laptop that probes our QA tier web servers for xxx The two web servers are xxx
I attempt useradd command on XXX which seems to work, but when I attempt to assign a pwd, the OS denies it and says user... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: yellow_mustard
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3. Red Hat
hi,
I have a problem with any user i created on a linux server RH.
With the user root i did:
adduser toto
passwd toto (to give it a password - message : "all authentication tokens updated successfully")
I can do a "su - toto", but when I try to connect it directly by ssh i have the message... (3 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
After just posting a query on beginners@perl.org inquiring about the perl API for automating useradd/userdel/usermod on FreeBSD, I got to thinking:
Maybe perl is not the best approach to automating useradd/usermod/userdel.
We have a list of users from a windows system and we want to run a... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: siegfried
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
With a awk script i create a "adduser line"
$ cat /tmp/tmp.ldif | awk -f ldif2adduser.awk
adduser --uid 1002 --gid 1000 --gecos "ROUSSIN Guy" --home /homeL/guy --shell /bin/bash --disabled-password guy
If i cut and paste this line, all is fine. But in a shell script i get errors :
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: guyr
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I took a stab at writing a script to automate the interactive process of adding users to Nessus - I have zero previous coding experience. So far, it doesn't get me anywhere.
I took small sections of code from posts I found on this site and others:... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: nolamiami
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7. Programming
Hi,
Let me know any urls where i can get the source code for "adduser" program..
Please help..
esham (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: esham
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello..
I dont know if i can ask this question in this session..if wrong please correct me..
This is my question..
When iam creating a user with command " adduser xxx"
Where are the changes happening..
I know in /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow...
in /home
Is there any i missed..
please... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: esham
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