Group_User_Operations

Group and User

Group and User:

How do I ...

All user administration can be performed using the smit/smitty tool. The top menu fast paths for these operations as follows:

List groups and attributes

lsgroup ALL

Usage: lsgroup [-c|-f] [-aList] {ALL|Group[,Group]...}

Add a group

mkgroup groupname

Usage: mkgroup [-a] [-A] "attr=value" ... newgroup

Change a group attirbute

chgroup users=userlist groupname

Usage: chgroup Attribute=Value ... Group

Remove a group

rmgroup groupname

Usage: rmgroup groupname

List all users and attributes

lsuser ALL

lsuser AL | awk '{print $1}' (just the user name)

lsuser [ -c | -f ] [ -a List ] { ALL | Name [ ,Name ] ... }

Add a new user

mkuser username

Usage: mkuser [ -a ] [ Attribute=Value ... ] Name

Change a users attributes

Change a users attribute to prevent them from login in

chuser -a login=flase username

Usage: chuser "attr=value" ... user

Remove a user and all password info for that user

rmuser -p usename

Usage: rmuser [-p] user

Change a user password

passwd username

Usage: passwd [ -f | -s ] [username]

Change a users password and eliminate the prompt to change password when user logs in.

As root change the users password

Edit /etc/security/passwd

Search for the users name and find the stantza flags = ADMCHG

Remove the work ADMCHG and save the file

The user will not be prompted to enter a new password when they login