Managing User Accounts and User Environments in Oracle^® Solaris 11.3

How to Change Account Defaults For All Roles

In the following procedure, the administrator has customized a roles directory . The administrator changes the default home directory and skeleton directory for all roles.

1. Become an administrator or a user with the User Management rights profile.

   See Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

2. Create a custom roles directory.

   For example:

   # roleadd -D
   group=other,1  project=default,3  basedir=/home  
   skel=/etc/skel  shell=/bin/pfsh  inactive=0  
   expire=  auths=  profiles=All  limitpriv=  
   defaultpriv=  lock_after_retries=

3. Change the default home directory and skeleton directory for all roles.

   For example:

   # roleadd -D -b /export/home -k /etc/skel/roles
   # roleadd -D
   group=staff,10  project=default,3  basedir=/export/home  
   skel=/etc/skel/roles  shell=/bin/sh  inactive=0  
   expire=  auths=  profiles=  roles=  limitpriv=  
   defaultpriv=  lock_after_retries=

   Further use of the roleadd command will now create home directories in the /export/home directory, and will populate the roles' environment from the /etc/skel/roles directory.