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Re: adding non-athena users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek W Truesdale)
Tue Feb 6 18:35:37 1996
From: Derek W Truesdale <derekt@MIT.EDU>
To: Charlie Root <root@cowboys.MIT.EDU>
Cc: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Feb 1996 18:08:16 EST."
<199602062308.SAA09952@cowboys.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 18:31:36 EST
to su:
log in as root.
add yourself to
wheel
in /etc/group
now you can su to root.
---
to add a user:
create a home directory for the non-athena users with some
file in it, say a .cshrc
next:
>vipw
This edits the password database. Make an entry similar to the other
fields, changing the fields where appropriate.
>man 5 passwd
to learn what the different fields are about. The uid should probably
be different from an athena users UID.
>hes <number>
to find out if it's being used.
The password field should be left blank.
next:
>/usr/bin/passwd <uname>
to change uname's password.
I think that should do it.
Derek.
