Unix Administration
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
 

Create user profile and tips

1. Create a user using below command

useradd ram

2.To Set the password fir the

user passwd ram

3.To delete the user

userdel ram

3.To lock the account

usermod -L ram (or) passwd -l ram

4.To release the lock

usermod -U ram

5.To set a expiration date for the user

usermod -e 06/17/2008 ram

Some Tips

To disable an account:
/usr/lbin/modprpw -m alock=YES username

To enable a user account:
/usr/lbin/modprpw -k username

To check status of the account:
/usr/lbin/getprpw -r -m lockout username
It will return a 7 digit number and if the 6th digit is set to 1 that the account is locked

Blocking all the user account

If u want to block all the user for perticular box, Just create one empty file BLOBKALLBUT ROOT
It will be block the all the user and only root can access.

 
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