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From: cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters)
Subject: Re: Adding users
Message-ID: <1992Jul24.215139.26837@nrao.edu>
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References: <9207241849.AA06522@nms1.abb.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:51:39 GMT
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In article AA06522@nms1.abb.com, MLUCI@fuel.abb.com (Mark Lucia 2915) writes:
> I tried the following:
> 1. looking for a 'adduser' etc program/script
>
> 2. makeing an entry in the /etc/passwd file
> makeing am entry in the /etc/master.passwd file
> adding the home directory in /usr
>
> 3. rebooting the machine after 2
The correct procedure is:
1 - Run the vipw(8) command. This will allow you to edit the password
file and will automatically rebuild the master.passwd file when
you exit. It may also do some other magic (I haven't looked at
it too closely yet).
2 - (Optional) If you want the new user to be able to use the su
command add his user name to the wheel group in /etc/group.
3 - Create a home directory for the new user. This should match
the one given in /etc/passwd. It appears to be conventional
to use /usr/<username> in 386BSD. Change its ownership to
and group using chown(8) and chgrp(8). Unless you specified
otherwise in /etc/passwd the new user's group will be staff
(gid = 20).
Chris Flatters
cflatter@nrao.edu