How to check user rights ?

[Birdy_the]

Hi,

Is there a tool/script that gives me a print of the total user information about there rights ?
Like a blue-print of the total Linux security regarding users.
What can they do on the system.

Thanks!

[adam7979]

afaik, there's only two types of user in Linux system: root, and normal users where root user will have a UID of 0 (Zero), unlike windows NT family - power user, backup operator, administrator, blablabla

a file is own by a user, as well as a group, and permission is controlled thru the magical rwxrwxrwx permission.

Goog on chmod tutorial and you'll find plenty of resources on the topic, like this or this

[Birdy_the]

So, there is no know tool or script that is creating a report of passwd and groups together like:

user | name | home dir | shell | member of groups:..... |etc......

If you have a lot of users this would be handy ?

Thanks.

[adam7979]

yes, and i use webmin

[gwalters]

maybe you should take a peek in /etc/passwd......

bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/false
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/bin/false
adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/bin/false
lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/false
sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync
shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt

Name:UID:GID:Groups:Home dir:Shell

[Birdy_the]

Thanks for your update, passwd and webmin ! :P