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diff --git a/sag-0.6.1-www/Invisible/sag-0.6/node88.html b/sag-0.6.1-www/Invisible/sag-0.6/node88.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fe6ec2d --- /dev/null +++ b/sag-0.6.1-www/Invisible/sag-0.6/node88.html @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> +<!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 96.1-h (September 30, 1996) by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds --> +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>Creating a user</TITLE> +<META NAME="description" CONTENT="Creating a user"> +<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="sag"> +<META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> +<META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> +<LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="sag.css"> +</HEAD> +<BODY LANG="EN" > + <A NAME="tex2html1424" HREF="node89.html"><IMG WIDTH=37 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="next" SRC="./next_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1422" HREF="node86.html"><IMG WIDTH=26 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="up" SRC="./up_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1416" HREF="node87.html"><IMG WIDTH=63 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="previous" SRC="./previous_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1426" HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="./contents_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1427" HREF="node114.html"><IMG WIDTH=43 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="index" SRC="./index_motif.gif"></A> <BR> +<B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1425" HREF="node89.html">/etc/passwd and other informative </A> +<B>Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1423" HREF="node86.html">Managing user accounts</A> +<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1417" HREF="node87.html">What's an account?</A> +<BR> <P> +<H1><A NAME="SECTION001020000000000000000">Creating a user</A></H1> +<P> + The Linux kernel itself treats users are mere numbers. + Each user is identified by a unique integer, the + <b>user id</b> or <b>uid</b>, because numbers are + faster and easier for a computer to process than textual + names. A separate database outside the kernel assigns + a textual name, the <b>username</b>, to each user id. + The database contains additional information as well. +<P> + To create a user, you need to add information about the + user to the user database, and create a home directory + for him. It may also be necessary to educate the user, + and set up a suitable initial environment for him. +<P> + Most Linux distributions come with a program for creating + accounts. There are several such programs available. + Two command line alternatives are <tt>adduser</tt><A NAME="2824"> </A> and + <tt>useradd</tt><A NAME="2826"> </A>; there may be a GUI tool as well. Whatever + the program, the result is that there is little if any + manual work to be done. Even if the details are many and + intricate, these programs make everything seem trivial. + However, section <A HREF="node92.html#subsecmanualadduser">9.2.4</A> describes how + to do it by hand. +<P> +<BR> <HR> +<UL><A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"> </A> +<LI> <A NAME="tex2html1428" HREF="node89.html#SECTION001021000000000000000"><tt>/etc/passwd</tt> and other informative files</A> +<LI> <A NAME="tex2html1429" HREF="node90.html#SECTION001022000000000000000">Picking numeric user and group ids</A> +<LI> <A NAME="tex2html1430" HREF="node91.html#SECTION001023000000000000000">Initial environment: <tt>/etc/skel</tt></A> +<LI> <A NAME="tex2html1431" HREF="node92.html#SECTION001024000000000000000">Creating a user by hand</A> +</UL> +<BR> <HR> +<P><ADDRESS> +<I>Lars Wirzenius <BR> +Sat Nov 15 02:32:11 EET 1997</I> +</ADDRESS> +</BODY> +</HTML> |