Setting Up and Managing User Accounts (Task Map)
The following tasks describe how to set up and manage user accounts by using the commandline interface (CLI).
Table 2-1 User Account Task Map
| Task | Description | For Instruictions |
|---|---|---|
| Gather user information | Use a standard form to gather user information to help you keep user information organized. | Gathering User Information |
| Customize user initialization files | Set up user initialization files to provide new users with consistent environments. | How to Customize User Initialization Files |
| Change account defaults for all roles | Change the default home directory and skeleton directory for all roles. | How to Change Account Defaults for All Roles |
| Create a user account | Create a local user by using the useradd command with the account defaults that you have set up. | How to Add a User |
| Modify a user account | Modify the login information of a user on the system. | How to Modify a User Account |
| Delete a user account | Delete a user account by using the userdel command. | How to Delete a User |
| Unlock a User Account | Unlock a user account by using the passwd -u command. | How to Unlock a User Account |
| Create, then assign a role to perform an administrative task | Create a local role to enable the user to perform specific administrative commands or tasks with the account defaults that you have set up. | Creating a Role in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.4 |
| Create a group | Create a new group by using the groupadd command. | How to Add a Group |
| Create home directories for users without creating a ZFS dataset | Create the home directory for users without creating a ZFS dataset for each user. | How to Create the Home Directory for a User Without Creating a ZFS Dataset |
| Add qualified user attributes to user accounts in the LDAP directory | Use the default@ account name to assign qualified user attributes to user accounts in the LDAP directory. | How to Assign Default User Attributes for LDAP Accounts |
| Add security attributes to a user account | Add the required security attributes after setting up the local user accounts. | Creating a Role in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.4 |
| Share a user's home directory | Share the home directory of the user in order to remotely mount the directory from the system of the user. | How to Share Home Directories That Are Created as ZFS File Systems |
| Manually mount a user's home directory | Manually mount the home directory of the user. Typically, you do not need to manually mount user home directories that are created as a ZFS file system. The home directory is mounted automatically when it is created and also at boot time from the SMF local file system service. | Manually Mounting a User's Home Directory |