Different ways of doing the same thing?

[unixstudent]

Greetings systems administrators,

For our assignments, my UNIX prof. thought it best to "network" w/ a community of sys admins and collect information on the various ways to do the same thing (such as backups can be done w/ tar of dump; or power downs may be done by shutdown, halt, etc). Your time is greatly appreciated. Keep in mind, this is for educational purposes and you will be helping a young UNIX student on his way to Guru-level. Please take 5-10 minutes of your time to respond to the following. Thank you!

1) How are user names for new users created?

2) What commands are used to add new users?

3) What processes are used to delete users? Under what circumstances?

4) How often are home directories moved for a user? How is this accomplished?

5) What approvals does a new user go through?

6) What happens when a user forgets his/her password?

7) What happens when a user's password has expired and the user wants the account reactivated?

8) How are the passwords maintained? How often do they expire?

9) What rules are imposed on users to ensure they create good passwords?

10) Is the /etc/shadow file used? Are there other measures taken to protect encrypted passwords from hackers/crackers? [sig][/sig]

 

[rbobbitt]

Hmmmmm...smells like homework (i.e. an assignment that your prof. intended YOU to do in a &quot;non-networked&quot; fashion) [sig]<p>Russ<br><a href=mailto:bobbitts@hotmail.com>bobbitts@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=

http://home.earthlink.net/~bobbitts>Bobbitt

is in</a><br>[/sig]

 

[unixstudent]

Thanks for taking the time to read my post. I've posted this thread in several newsgroups and got some great feedback. Sorry if it seem'd like I was pulling a fast one on you but &quot;networking&quot; w/ other sys admins is really the point of the assignment. I predicted this type of response and it's comes unsurprisingly. You can ask my prof., Rich Cunningham (rcunningham@home.com) if you'd like. Anyways, thanks! [sig][/sig]

 

[MikeLacey]

Unixstudent,

You're welcome here -- really. We have lots of students and the atmosphere at Tek-Tips seems to suit them. The contributors here are usually willing to help, it's been described as more of a tutorial site and I suppose that's fair enough.

Having said that...

People will respond better if you ask a single question per post. As Russ said -- it's *your* assignment, not ours...

I'm sorry if you feel no one responded in the way you wanted; you are, as I said, welcome here.

Focus your questions and you'll get a focussed and detailed response. Ask unfocussed questions that look like you've copied and pasted from your homework assignment and you're likely to get short shrift. [sig]<p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

http://www.cargill.com/>

Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>Making mistakes, so you don't have to. &lt;grin&gt;[/sig]