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- initial checkin README: - updated installation notes installit, newuserv.c: - deleted (obsolete) newuser.1: - renamed to newuser.8 newuser.c, newuser.8: - account home directories are now made in /home rather than /user - made all the routines internal to this file to be class 'static' - fit sources into GNO base distribution builds - added checks for parsing NEWID_FILE - added various conchecks to prevent buffer overflow and similar problems - ensure the password is at least MIN_PASSWD_LEN characters long - don't set the terminal type; that is the responsibility of initd/getty. - instead of creating explicit files in the user's home directory, copy every file that is in the SKELETONS directory. - account creation is now logged via syslogd - added -g flag for selecting non-default group ids - check to ensure that the new uid returned by get_next_uid is not already in use; if it is, then log a warning via syslog, skip it, and get another uid
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2.1 KiB
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89 lines
2.1 KiB
Groff
.TH NEWUSER 8 "14 February 1999" GNO "System Administration"
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.SH NAME
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.BR newuser ,
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.BR newuserv
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\- add a new user to the system
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BR newuser
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[
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.BR -v
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] [
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.B -g
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.I gid
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]
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.br
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.BR newuserv
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[
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.BR -v
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] [
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.B -g
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.I gid
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This manual page documents
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.B newuser
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and
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.B newuserv
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version 1.2 for GNO. Its basic intent is
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to let people add themselves to the system without requiring the system
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administrator to do it all manually.
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.LP
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.B newuser
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will ask for a real name, account name, terminal type and password (verifying
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the password once) and then create the directory \fB/home/\fIaccount_name\fR.
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.BR newuser
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will also copy all the regular files from the
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.BR /var/adm/newuser/skel
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directory into the \fB/home/\fIaccount_name\fR directory.
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It will not recurse.
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Finally, it will add the appropriate entry to
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.B /etc/passwd
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and then exit.
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.PP
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If the
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.B -v
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(verify) flag is selected, or if invoked as
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.BR newuserv ,
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everything is done as normal, except that the new entry is appended to
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.B /var/adm/newuser/pending
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instead of being appended to
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.BR /etc/passwd .
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.LP
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Accounts are normally created with group ID 100. The
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.B -g
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flag overrides this group ID.
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.LP
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Both
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.BR newuser
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and
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.BR newuserv
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will log created accounts via
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.BR syslogd (8)
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using the auth.info facility.
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.LP
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.B newuser
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will time out after 60 seconds of operation.
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.SH FILES
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.IP \fB/home\fR
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The directory where new user home directories will be placed.
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.IP \fB/var/adm/newuser/newid\fR
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The text file containing the next available user ID. It must consist
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of exactly one line, containing only a decimal number.
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.BR newuser
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will update this file as required.
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.IP \fB/var/adm/newuser/pending\fR
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This file contains all of the
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.BR /etc/passwd
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entries that are waiting for approval before activation.
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.IP \fB/var/adm/newuser/skel\fR
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All regular files in this directory will be copied to the newly created
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home directory.
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.SH BUGS
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.BR newuser
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should create a lock file in
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.BR /var/locks
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to ensure that a race condition with multiple instantiations is avoided.
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They are currently possible.
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.SH AUTHOR
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James Brookes. Maintained by Devin Reade.
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