Comments on: Add a user from the command line in Solaris

By: saran

saran — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:51:12 +0000

how to create more than five user in a single command without using script in solaris

mrsun — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:02:53 +0000

u r awsome fred .. thanks a ton .. u have explained it in a beautiful manner .. god bless u

Henrydenial — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:03:00 +0000

how to create passwd setting for a group ?

Henrydenial — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:52:00 +0000

# passwd -f username

this wil change the passwd ……then u can set a new password for user ….for these thing u should be a root user

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henry
solaris system admin
pune

Naveedmirk — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:31:00 +0000

how to add new home directory fred

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:40:00 +0000

thanks very much i reset my password

Orion — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:06:00 +0000

then ‘passwd -f fred’ to force him to change password on next login

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:25:00 +0000

# passwd -r files fred

for completness since it specifies that you are changing the local passwd file and not nis/ldap.

fred — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:19:00 +0000

still, as root, run ‘passwd fred’ to set fred’s password.

question — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:03:00 +0000

but what’s fred’s password when you want to log on with fred??