System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Tools for User Account and Group Account Management

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
Solaris Management Console	Graphical tool that is used to manage users, groups, roles, rights, mailing lists, disks, terminals, and modems.	Setting Up User Accounts (Task Map)
`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:

Note –

The Admintool is not available in this Solaris release.

Table 4–2 Solaris User/Group Command Descriptions


Command	Description	References
`useradd`, `usermod`, `userdel`	Adds, modifies, or removes a user	useradd(1M), usermod(1M), userdel(1M)
`groupadd`, `groupmod`, `groupdel`	Adds, modifies, or removes a group	groupadd(1M), groupmod(1M), groupdel(1M)