Very Computer

Hi there,

I would like to know if there is a command line tool which let's you
simply add a new user or group with one single command like Solaris's
useradd and groupadd ???

Regards

What about mkuser ad mkgroup?

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Kind regards

Gerhard A. Bartosch

iT Austria
Vienna

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Quote:> Hi there,

> I would like to know if there is a command line tool which let's you
> simply add a new user or group with one single command like Solaris's
> useradd and groupadd ???

> Regards

What about mkuser and mkgroup?

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Kind regards

Gerhard A. Bartosch

iT Austria
Vienna

This opinion is mine and not necessarily that of my employer.
No guarantees whatsoever.

Quote:> Hi there,

> I would like to know if there is a command line tool which let's you
> simply add a new user or group with one single command like Solaris's
> useradd and groupadd ???

> Regards

Wow that's a cool thing... Like good old dos mkdir :))

Unfortunately I don't have man pages installed on my AIX, where can I
find information on how to use mkuser/mkgroup ??

Regards

You could add the user/group with smit. And afterwards you look into
smit.log to have your command(s) with the necessary options.
Else you could look at following links:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/cmds/aixcmds3/....
htm
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/cmds/aixcmds3/...
.htm
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Kind regards

Gerhard A. Bartosch

iT Austria
Vienna

This opinion is mine and not necessarily that of my employer.
No guarantees whatsoever.

From the root prompt, you can use the mkuser command followed by the
username. The user settings will key off of the default stanza in
/etc/security/user

Quote:>What about mkuser ad mkgroup?

# chuser groups=blob,bin hubcap
3004-715 You can only change the Group SET on the name server.

I'm kind of working on the same thing. I thought mkuser and chuser
would do the same as useradd and usermod. But I sure didn't
expect the above error message. I don't know what it means,
and I can't find anything about it with web searches.  Anyone
got any ideas?

The man page to chuser sez see also:

Security Administration in AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide: Operating
System and Devices.

Setting up and running Web-based System Management in AIX Version 4.3 System
Management Guide: Operating System and Devices.

Administrative Roles Overview in AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide:
Operating System and Devices .

But I'm kind of lost when I get to www.ibm.com, but I thought I'd be
able to find the above docs there.

-Mike