Command and Tool Reference
Adding One or More Users
Adding One or More Users
You can add one or more users to your system as follows:
Step 1. Add the user’s posixAccount entry to your LDAP directory.
You can use your directory’s administration tools, the ldapadd command, or the ldapentry tool to add a new user entry to your directory. If you are adding a large number of users, you could create a passwd file with those users and use the migration tools to add them to your directory. See Installing and Administering
To add the new user with the Netscape Directory Console, select the Directory tab. Select the directory location in the left panel where your user information is. Select the Object:New:Other... menu item. Select the posixAccount object class in the dialog box and select OK. Fill in the values for the user and select OK.
Step 2. Add the user to the appropriate posixGroup entry.
You can use your directory’s administration tools, or the ldapmodify program to add the user to the appropriate group in the directory. Add the user name to the memberuid attribute. See Installing and Administering
To add the new user with the Netscape Directory Console, select the Directory tab. Select the directory location in the left panel where your group information is. Double click on the group where you want to add the user, or select the group and select the Object:Open menu item. Select the memberuid attribute in the dialog box. Select the Edit:Add Value menu item. Fill in the user’s uid (login) name in the new field and select the OK button.
Step 3. Use nsquery(1) or pwget(1) to verify the information was added and is accessible to the client:
nsquery passwd user pwget
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