Joseph L. Casale wrote:
Is it ok to edit the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files manually to add
users and groups or would this circumvent other required system
commands from being executed when adding them at the command line via
useradd and groupadd?
In reading the docs @
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-users-tools.html#s2-users-cmd-line
I see a user that is created with these utilities is disabled until
unlocked with passwd. If someone is creating users for services
without home dirs and shell access, how do you handle the password?
Looking at the example provided in a doc I am reading, there is “*” in
the password field in the passwd file. Is that suggesting it’s just
not displayed in the doc, or does the “*” have specific meaning?
the useradd/mod/del and passwd commands will work with any supported
PAM, while manually editing /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow will only work
if you're using the default authentication methods.
re: the *, see `man 5 passwd`
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