Solaris 9 running SunOS 5.8 3

[telcomwork]

How can I create a new login account? I'm sitting at a # prompt adn basically all I know are Avaya CMS commands, however I do not want to log in as root.

Also what is the command to change the root password?

Much thanks for any help!

 

[PHV]

man useradd
man passwd

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[telcomwork]

Thank you.

 

[spamly]

Just curious, but do you relize that your subject for this problem makes no sense? "Solaris 9 running SunOS 5.8"
Solaris 9 = SunOS 5.9

Solaris 8 = SunOS 5.8

Not that it changes the answer to your questions...

 

[coffeysm]

If you make your new user account part of group 14 (sysadmin) you can also have a little more privledges.

 

[telcomwork]

spamly - I didn't realize I put two diffent OSs. There's my air gap of the day!

There are so many darn option just using the "man useradd" command. Can someone give me a command string that's more specifc, possible usign group 14 as well?

Thanks!

 

[coffeysm]

useradd -u 1000 -g 14 -d /home/dir -s /bin/sh -c "Joe User" -m -k /etc/skel username

-u = User ID
-g = Group ID
-d = Home Directory
-s = Login Shell
-c = GECOS "comments"
-m = Make home directory if not exist
-k = Default login files