Administering user accounts

Administering user accounts

The Account Manager interface

Adding, copying and modifying user accounts
    Adding users on the command-line with useradd(1M)
    Deleting a user account
        Removing selected account information
    Reactivating a deactivated user account
    Limiting reuse of UIDs
    Setting and changing user and group IDs (UID/GID)
        Changing ownership of files with an obsolete UID/GID
    Changing user login groups
    Changing a user's group membership
    Changing a user's locale
    Setting remote access for a user
        About user equivalence
    Changing user login shells
    Login shells
    Restricted shells
    Changing user home directories
    Adding and modifying default environment files

Managing groups
    About groups
    Adding or modifying a group
    Removing a group
    Setting the group ID for file creation in a directory
    Changing the limit on simultaneous group membership

Managing passwords
    Setting or changing a user password
    Controlling password expiration
        Changing password expiration defaults
    Controlling password selection
    About password restrictions
        Allowing accounts without passwords
        Disallowing password changes
        Setting password length
    Setting passwords for dial-in lines

Setting login restrictions
    Setting login restrictions on accounts
    Controlling account expiration
        Locking inactive accounts
        Creating a temporary account
    Locking or unlocking a user account

Assigning user powers
    Assigning authorizations
    Allowing users to execute superuser commands
    Accessing other accounts with su(1M)
        Logging su(1M) usage

Changing the system security profile
    Security profiles

Understanding account database files
    Editing the /etc/passwd file
    Configuring the shadow password file

Copying user accounts between SCO OpenServer and UnixWare systems

Troubleshooting the Account Manager
    Illegal value for a user or group attribute
    Remote administration problem
    Missing files