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Managing User Accounts and User Environments in Oracle Solaris 11.1     Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library
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Preface

1.  Managing User Accounts and User Environments (Overview)

What's New or Changed in Managing User Accounts and User Environments?

Security Changes That Impact User Account Management

Introducing the User Manager GUI

Administrative Editor (pfedit)

/var/user/$USER Subdirectory

groupadd Command Changes

Failed Login Count Notification

What Are User Accounts and Groups?

User Account Components

User (Login) Names

User ID Numbers

Using Large User IDs and Group IDs

UNIX Groups

User Passwords

Home Directories

Naming Services

User's Work Environment

Guidelines for Assigning User Names, User IDs, and Group IDs

Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored

Fields in the passwd File

Default passwd File

Fields in the shadow File

Fields in the group File

Default group File

Commands for Obtaining User Account Information

Commands That Are Used for Managing Users, Roles, and Groups

Customizing a User's Work Environment

Using Site Initialization Files

Avoiding Local System References

Shell Features

Bash and ksh93 Shell History

Bash and ksh93 Shell Environment Variables

Customizing the Bash Shell

MANPATH Environment Variable

PATH Environment Variable

Setting Path Guidelines

Locale Variables

Default File Permissions (umask)

Customizing a User Initialization File

2.  Managing User Accounts by Using the Command-Line Interface (Tasks)

3.  Managing User Accounts by Using the User Manager GUI (Tasks)

Index

Commands That Are Used for Managing Users, Roles, and Groups


Note - The Solaris Management Console GUI, and the CLI that is associated with this GUI, are no longer supported.


The following commands are available for managing users, roles, and groups.

Table 1-6 Commands That Are Used to Manage Users, Roles, and Groups

Man Page for Command
Description
For Additional Information
Creates users locally or in an LDAP repository.
Changes user properties locally or in an LDAP repository. If the user properties are security-relevant, such as role assignment, this task might be restricted to your security administrator or to the root role.
Deletes a user from the system or from the LDAP repository. Can involve additional cleanup, such as cron job removal.
Manages roles locally or in an LDAP repository. Roles cannot log in. Users assume an assigned role to perform administrative tasks.
Manages groups locally or in an LDAP repository.