On Dec 2, 2007 10:52 PM, Joseph L. Casale <jcasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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?
edit passwd and group is enough but if you need home dir, you need to
create it manualy, chmod and chown it
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> 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?
with
# passwd username
> 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?
*, mean you can not login as this user (their is no password). Anyway
you can still
# su username
if you are root because root dont need to provide a password to
impersonate another user
Regards
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> Thanks!
> jlc
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