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<H2><A NAME=SECTION00642000000000000000>4.4.2 Adding users</A></H2>
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When adding a user, there are several steps to be taken. First, the
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user must be given an entry in <tt>/etc/passwd</tt>, with a unique
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username and UID. The GID, fullname, and other information must be
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specified. The user's home directory must be created, and the permissions
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on the directory set so that the user owns the directory. Shell
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initialization files must be provided in the new home directory and other
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system-wide configuration must be done (for example, setting up a spool
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for incoming e-mail for the new user).
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While it is not difficult to add users by hand (I do), when you are
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running a system with many users it is easy to forget something.
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The easiest way to add users is to use an interactive program which
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asks you for the required information and updates all of the system
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files automatically. The name of this program is <tt>useradd</tt> or
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<tt>adduser</tt>, depending on what software was installed. The man pages
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for these commands should be fairly self-explanatory.
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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