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Managing User Accounts and User Environments in Oracle
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Solaris 11.3
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Chapter 1 About User Accounts and User Environments
What's New in Managing User Accounts in Oracle Solaris 11.3
Expanded Login Options During Shutdown
Security Changes That Affect User Account Management
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
About the User Work Environment
Using Site Initialization Files
Avoiding Local System References
Shell Features
Bash and ksh93 Shell History
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
Customizing the Bash Shell
MANPATH Environment Variable
PATH Environment Variable
Guidelines for Setting PATH Variables
Locale Variables
Default File Permissions (umask)
Customizing a User Initialization File
Managing Users With Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
Chapter 2 Managing User Accounts by Using the Command-Line Interface
Task Map for Setting Up and Managing User Accounts by Using the CLI
Setting Up User Accounts by using the CLI
Guidelines for Setting Up User Accounts
Gathering User Information
Identifying Users by Packages
How to Customize User Initialization Files
How to Change Account Defaults For All Roles
Managing User Accounts by Using the CLI
How to Add a User
How to Modify a User Account
How to Unlock a User Account
How to Delete a User
How to Add a Group
How to Create the Home Directory for a User Without Creating a ZFS Dataset
Sharing ZFS File Systems
How to Share Home Directories That Are Created as ZFS File Systems
Manually Mounting a User's Home Directory
Chapter 3 Managing User Accounts by Using the User Manager GUI
Introducing the User Manager GUI
How to Start the User Manager GUI
Organization of the User Manager Dialog Box
Filtering the Information Displayed in the GUI
How to Set Filters for Default Name Service Type and Scope
Assuming a Role
How to Assume a Role
Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Users and Roles by Using the User Manager GUI
How to Add a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
How to Modify a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
How to Delete a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
Assigning Advanced Attributes With the User Manager GUI
Assigning Groups With the User Manager GUI
How to Assign Groups
Assigning Roles With the User Manager GUI
How to Assign Roles With the User Manager GUI
Assigning Rights Profiles With the User Manager GUI
How to Administer Rights Profiles With the User Manager GUI
Assigning Authorizations With the User Manager GUI
How to Assign Authorizations With the User Manager GUI
Index
Index A
Index B
Index C
Index D
Index E
Index F
Index G
Index H
Index I
Index K
Index L
Index M
Index N
Index P
Index R
Index S
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Managing User Accounts and User Environments in Oracle
®
Solaris 11.3
March 2017
Describes managing user accounts and user environments.
Document Information
Using This Documentation
Product Documentation Library
Feedback
1 About User Accounts and User Environments
What's New in Managing User Accounts in Oracle Solaris 11.3
Expanded Login Options During Shutdown
Security Changes That Affect User Account Management
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
About the User Work Environment
Using Site Initialization Files
Avoiding Local System References
Shell Features
Bash and ksh93 Shell History
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
Customizing the Bash Shell
MANPATH Environment Variable
PATH Environment Variable
Guidelines for Setting PATH Variables
Locale Variables
Default File Permissions (umask)
Customizing a User Initialization File
Managing Users With Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
2 Managing User Accounts by Using the Command-Line Interface
Task Map for Setting Up and Managing User Accounts by Using the CLI
Setting Up User Accounts by using the CLI
Guidelines for Setting Up User Accounts
Gathering User Information
Identifying Users by Packages
How to Customize User Initialization Files
How to Change Account Defaults For All Roles
Managing User Accounts by Using the CLI
How to Add a User
How to Modify a User Account
How to Unlock a User Account
How to Delete a User
How to Add a Group
How to Create the Home Directory for a User Without Creating a ZFS Dataset
Sharing ZFS File Systems
How to Share Home Directories That Are Created as ZFS File Systems
Manually Mounting a User's Home Directory
3 Managing User Accounts by Using the User Manager GUI
Introducing the User Manager GUI
How to Start the User Manager GUI
Organization of the User Manager Dialog Box
Filtering the Information Displayed in the GUI
How to Set Filters for Default Name Service Type and Scope
Assuming a Role
How to Assume a Role
Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Users and Roles by Using the User Manager GUI
How to Add a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
How to Modify a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
How to Delete a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
Assigning Advanced Attributes With the User Manager GUI
Assigning Groups With the User Manager GUI
How to Assign Groups
Assigning Roles With the User Manager GUI
How to Assign Roles With the User Manager GUI
Assigning Rights Profiles With the User Manager GUI
How to Administer Rights Profiles With the User Manager GUI
Assigning Authorizations With the User Manager GUI
How to Assign Authorizations With the User Manager GUI
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
P
R
S
T
U
V
Z