adding users other then root

[jaazman]

Hello all:
I'm new to Sun and I have a Netra-X1 server I have configured the system but I need to add at least one more user besides the ROOT and I don't know how to do it. Is anybody there who can help me with this? Thanks

 

[olded]

Hi:

Take a look at the useradd command. You might also get some ideas here:

http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1344/urm0111f/

Regards,


Ed

 

[mikeclark]

You can also use the admintool GUI to add users.

 

[mmirchandani]

Worth using the man (manual) command help...
the more you use it the sooner you get used to it!
for adding users via the terminal prompt use "useradd"
try the below for help..

man useradd

Regards
M

 

[bsek]

#useradd -c username -u (userid) -g (gorupid) -d (home directory) -s (default shell) loginname

c---> comment

Example:

#useradd -c Johnbones -u 101 -g 14 -d /export/home/jbones -s /bin/sh jbones
#passwd jbones
#mkdir /export/home/jbones (homedirectory)
#chown jbones /export/home/jbones

* jbones is username

You can create user accounts by editing /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files.

 

[bi]

If you have spaces in your comment, put " " around the comment in the command.

 

[jaazman]

I want to thank all of you for your info. It was very helpful.