Difference between revisions of "Add a new user or group"

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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 neither sudo nor su will use that path, so it's necessary to either log in as root directly, or modify the env).
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It appears that the the utilities /usr/sbin/luseradd, /usr/sbin/luserdel, and /usr/sbin/lusermod are intended to be used to add, delete, and modify users from the directory. Unfortunately they don't seem to work in our LDAP environment. Here are some alternative suggestions. For more detailed information see the [[LDAP]] page.
  
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See also the [[LDAP]] page.
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=GUI Applications=
  
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This is currently broken!!  The easiest way at the moment is to add the user by hand to LDAP using some gui like [[Luma]] or JXplorer.
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There are a couple of graphical applications for managing LDAP databases.
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*[[Luma]] is a QT-based LDAP management application for Linux written in python. It should be available on all NPG workstations. Instructions for user management with Luma are [[http://nuclear.unh.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Luma#User_Management_with_Luma|here]].
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*[http://jxplorer.org/ Jxplorer] is a java based graphical application for browsing and managing LDAP databases.
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=Adding users from the console=

Revision as of 22:44, 19 November 2010

It appears that the the utilities /usr/sbin/luseradd, /usr/sbin/luserdel, and /usr/sbin/lusermod are intended to be used to add, delete, and modify users from the directory. Unfortunately they don't seem to work in our LDAP environment. Here are some alternative suggestions. For more detailed information see the LDAP page.

GUI Applications

There are a couple of graphical applications for managing LDAP databases.

  • Luma is a QT-based LDAP management application for Linux written in python. It should be available on all NPG workstations. Instructions for user management with Luma are [[1]].
  • Jxplorer is a java based graphical application for browsing and managing LDAP databases.

Adding users from the console

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