The following table describes available tools for user account and group management.
Table 4–1 Tools for User Account and Group Management
Tool Name |
Description |
For More Information |
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Solaris Management Console |
Graphical tool that is used to manage users, groups, roles, rights, mailing lists, disks, terminals, and modems. | |
smuser, smrole, smgroup |
Commands that are used to manage users, groups and roles. The SMC services must be running to use these commands. |
Adding a Group and User With the smgroup and smuser Commands |
useradd, groupadd, roleadd; usermod, groupmod, rolemod; userdel, groupdel, roledel |
Commands that are used to manage users, groups, and roles. |
Adding a Group and User With the groupadd and useradd Commands |
You can add a group with the following tools:
Solaris Management Console's Groups tool
Admintool
The Admintool is not available in this Solaris release.
Command |
Description |
References |
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useradd, usermod, userdel |
Adds, modifies, or removes a user | |
groupadd, groupmod, groupdel |
Adds, modifies, or removes a group |