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Hello,
I have bits and pieces but I'm wondering if anyone could post a step by step way to add a user using vipw? It seems handy to know.
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- 02-23-2011 #1Just Joined!
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Adding users with vipw
Hello,
I have bits and pieces but I'm wondering if anyone could post a step by step way to add a user using vipw? It seems handy to know.
And am I correct in saying that the user added with vipw could then be added to a group using vigr?
Thanks!
- 02-24-2011 #2Just Joined!
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I was unable to post a link so google search the following criteria "/etc/passwd format"
There are many articles describing the correct format of the file.
When you run the command line "vipw" you're just editing that file. You can use vigr to edit groups, look up the format of the /etc/group file. You can also use the command line utilities "useradd" and "groupadd" those will make the entries to those files as well.


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