[SunHELP] Problems with user/group

Tue May 29 11:53:30 CDT 2001

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As stated below /home is for NFS mounted home directories.  I use the 
following:

# useradd -u500 -g500 -c"Test Account 1" -d/export/home/test1 \
-s/usr/bin/ksh -m -k/etc/skel test1

# tail -1 /etc/passwd
test1:x:500:500:Test Account 1:/export/home/test1:/usr/bin/ksh

Be sure the group exists before you create the user.

Dennis L. Lund

-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Chase [mailto:echase at postoffice.providence.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:07 AM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org; sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Problems with user/group

Unless you've done something funky with your system, Sun's convention is to 
use /export/home for local home directories.  The /home subdirectory is to 
be used for NFS mounted home directories.

You didn't say if you used the -m option with useradd...  This is needed to 
create home directories.  I'm also noticing that I'm needing to use -d as 
well and specify what directory to use for home.  With the above 
conventions, I don't know why Sun has /home as the default directory when 
using useradd.

example:

useradd -d /export/home/newuser -m newuser

I don't have an answer for the group problems you are having.

At 08:52 AM 5/29/2000 -0600, Ben Ricker wrote:
>I have created a new user and group using useradd and groupadd
>respectively. My first problem was that useradd did not create a home
>directory. So, I created a directory, as root, in /home for the user and
>changed its owner to the user and its permissions to 700. Then I edited
>passwd so that the home directory is set. The entry looks like this:
>
>username:x:1004:102::/home/username:/bin/sh
>
>However, when I su into the account and cd into ~, I get permission
>denied. /home has r-xr-xr-x permissions and the /home/username has the
>permissions rwx------.
>
>Additionally, the group I setup for this username does not work right.
>Here is the entry in /etc/group:
>
>groupname::102:
>
>Whenever I try to change any permissions to username:groupname, I get the
>following error:
>
>chown: unknown user id username.groupname
>
>Does this make sense? I have managed user/groups for dozens of users on
>Linux but Solaris' user management is vexing me.
>
>--------
>
>Ben Ricker
>System Adminstrator
>Wellinx.com
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>SunHELP maillist  -  SunHELP at sunhelp.org
>http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

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  Providence College      |   http://www.providence.edu
  Computer Services       |   http://studentweb.providence.edu
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>As stated below /home is for NFS mounted home directories.  I use the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>following:</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2># useradd -u500 -g500 -c"Test Account 1" -d/export/home/test1 \</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-s/usr/bin/ksh -m -k/etc/skel test1</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2># tail -1 /etc/passwd</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>test1:x:500:500:Test Account 1:/export/home/test1:/usr/bin/ksh</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Be sure the group exists before you create the user.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dennis L. Lund</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Edward Chase [<A HREF="mailto:echase at postoffice.providence.edu">mailto:echase at postoffice.providence.edu</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:07 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org; sunhelp at sunhelp.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Problems with user/group</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Unless you've done something funky with your system, Sun's convention is to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>use /export/home for local home directories.  The /home subdirectory is to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>be used for NFS mounted home directories.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>You didn't say if you used the -m option with useradd...  This is needed to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>create home directories.  I'm also noticing that I'm needing to use -d as </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>well and specify what directory to use for home.  With the above </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>conventions, I don't know why Sun has /home as the default directory when </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>using useradd.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>example:</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>useradd -d /export/home/newuser -m newuser</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>I don't have an answer for the group problems you are having.</FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<BR>

At 08:52 AM 5/29/2000 -0600, Ben Ricker wrote:
 >I have created a new user and group using useradd and groupadd
 >respectively. My first problem was that useradd did not create a home
 >directory. So, I created a directory, as root, in /home for the user and
 >changed its owner to the user and its permissions to 700. Then I edited
 >passwd so that the home directory is set. The entry looks like this:
 >
 >username:x:1004:102::/home/username:/bin/sh
 >
 >However, when I su into the account and cd into ~, I get permission
 >denied. /home has r-xr-xr-x permissions and the /home/username has the
 >permissions rwx------.
 >
 >Additionally, the group I setup for this username does not work right.
 >Here is the entry in /etc/group:
 >
 >groupname::102:
 >
 >Whenever I try to change any permissions to username:groupname, I get the
 >following error:
 >
 >chown: unknown user id username.groupname
 >
 >Does this make sense? I have managed user/groups for dozens of users on
 >Linux but Solaris' user management is vexing me.
 >
 >--------
 >
 >Ben Ricker
 >System Adminstrator
 >Wellinx.com
 >
 >
 >_______________________________________________
 >SunHELP maillist  -  SunHELP at sunhelp.org
 ><A HREF="http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp" TARGET="_blank">http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp</A>

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