Procedures:New User/AIX

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How to Create a User

Step by step creating a new user on AIX machines that are not attached to the LDAP servers.

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 -Security and Users
 -Users
 -Add a User

Fill in the following fields only!!! Other information will break the user script:

User NAME (8 character limit)
User ID (Must match userid in LDAP)
Primary Group (must match group in LDAP)
Group SET (any additional groups)

Press Enter to Create the account

Now you must delete the home directory that it made in the wrong location

rm -rf /home/*username*

Now you must edit the /etc/passwd file to reflect the correct information

vi /etc/passwd

Change the shell and home directory to the correct values:

Possible shells include:

/usr/bin/bash
/usr/bin/csh
/usr/bin/tcsh

Then as root type passwd *username* to change the password to the users initial password.

Test the account by attempting to login as them. The password should be expired already.

Quick command-line version

Add the user's group, if necessary

mkgroup id='GID' GROUPNAME

Add the user, change their home directory

mkuser id='UID' pgrp='PRIMARY-GROUP' shell='/usr/bin/bash' USERNAME
rm -rf /home/USERNAME
chuser home='/home/users/USERNAME/' USERNAME
passwd USERNAME

Enabling Batch Queing

To enable the user to use LoadLeveler (Batch Queing) you must add them to the loadl group. Edit /etc/groups by hand

The user must also be added to /etc/hosts.equiv (follow the other examples in the file)

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