Providing Login Accounts to Users

This section describes the login account requirements for desktop networking.

Providing Login Accounts

Users must have a login account on:

• All systems providing services to the desktop, including application servers, file servers, and systems providing networked printers.

• All session servers the user may access. Usually, session servers are used with X terminals.

Providing Consistent User and Group IDs

UNIX users are identified by a login name and a numeric user ID (UID). In a desktop network, the user should have the same login name and UID on all client and server systems.

UNIX users are also assigned to one or more login groups. Each group has a group name and a numeric group ID (GID). In a desktop network, all systems should use consistent group names and group IDs.

For more information, see the id(1) or id(1M) man page.