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<H2><A NAME=SECTION00644000000000000000>4.4.4 Setting user attributes</A></H2>
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After you have created a user, you may need to change attributes for
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that user, such as home directory or password. The easiest way to
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do this is to change the values directly in <tt>/etc/passwd</tt>. To
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set a user's password, use the <tt>passwd</tt> command. For example,
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<P><TT> # <em>passwd larry</em>
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will change <tt>larry</tt>'s password. Only <tt>root</tt> may change other
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user's password in this manner. Users can change their own passwords with
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<tt>passwd</tt> as well.
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On some systems, the commands <tt>chfn</tt> and <tt>chsh</tt> will be available
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to allow users to set their own fullname and login shell attributes. If
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not, they will have to ask the system administrator to change these
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attributes for them.
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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