Adding, copying and modifying user accounts
In the
Account Manager,
select an existing user from the list and/or make
one of these menu selections:
To:
|
Select
|
Add
|
UsersAdd New User
|
Copy
|
UsersCopy Selected User
|
Modify
|
UsersModify
|
When adding a new user, you need to enter a name and assign a password.
If you create a user, and specify that the user must change the password at the
first login, you must still enter a password in the password field. The user
cannot log in without a password on the first login.
To assign a password see
``Setting or changing a user password''.
NOTE:
The Account Manager does not automatically manage
the propagation of
accounts distributed via NIS;
you must do this manually as described in
``Adding a new user to an NIS domain''.
You have the option of using the
Host Group feature
to duplicate new accounts (or make changes) across
machines, but this mechanism differs from NIS and you
should take care not to create conflicts using the two methods.
You can alter any of these attributes (system defaults or the values
for a copied account are used if you do not):
NOTE:
Remote administration (using
Host Open Host
or
Host Open Host Group
) requires remote access permission on the machine
you plan to administer.
See
``Setting remote access for a user''
for more information.
As on the local machine, non-root accounts must be
be system owners to run the Account Manager. See
``Assigning authorizations''
for more information.
To change the system default values, select
Options User Defaults.
WARNING:
Changing default values may compromise systemwide security parameters
set by the SCOadmin Security Manager.
See also:
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 22 April 2004