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Administrators can use the programs /usr/sbin/luseradd, /usr/sbin/luserdel, and /usr/sbin/lusermod to add, delete, and modify users from the directory. There is also a more-friendly(??) program for adding users: /usr/local/bin/adduser-npg, however it requires that the above programs and more be accessible via the PATH environmental variable (root has the appropriate path set up, but sudo won't use that path).
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=== Add User Account ===
 
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The preferred method of user account creation is the script on einstein:
 
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env HOME=/root  /usr/local/bin/adduser-npg  
 
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You can also manipulate the tables from [[Improv]] with the program JXplorer.
 
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More info to be extracted from LDAP server:
 
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  ldapsearch -x '(uid=maurik)'
 
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Print directory of all available maps:
 
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ldapcat -x
 
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Print a particular map:
 
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ldapcat <mapname>
 
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Manipulate the user accounts: See adduser-npg
 
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Change something:
 
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  lusermod --shell /bin/tcsh <user>
 

Revision as of 19:32, 10 July 2007

Administrators can use the programs /usr/sbin/luseradd, /usr/sbin/luserdel, and /usr/sbin/lusermod to add, delete, and modify users from the directory. There is also a more-friendly(??) program for adding users: /usr/local/bin/adduser-npg, however it requires that the above programs and more be accessible via the PATH environmental variable (root has the appropriate path set up, but sudo won't use that path).

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