Hi!
this would be my first time to post here in this forums, hope you can help me with my queries.
i would like to create a different user name but have the same access rights. Example: root > rootbaby.
thanks
Hi!
this would be my first time to post here in this forums, hope you can help me with my queries.
i would like to create a different user name but have the same access rights. Example: root > rootbaby.
thanks
root is maybe a bad example.
We do it like this:
If root is not really necessary, just use "smit user" and create an account similar to the user you want to "imitate". You can use this also to read the users current settings.
Thanks Zaxxon,
Is it possible for me to create different username with the same UID or if not, different Username with same access rights on files, folders and objects without them joining in a group? ... Can you show me how?
example:
USR1
USR2
USR3
Also, i have tried creating a user name with the same configuration. USR1 with USR2. but with different UID's. USR2 cannot execute some commands that USR1 can execute? and also the same with files, folders and objects... How can I resolve this. by the way this is in AIX v.5. I use the smitty users to create the user.
thanks
Sorry, but this sounds a bit strange to me. Why do you want to clone users and keep the UID? Why not have every user his own unique UID etc. and put them together in groups? You can always try to manipulate your /etc/passwd but I can not foretell what will happen, up to you experimenting.
Maybe you describe a bit more what this stuff should be good for so we can offer alternatives.
Hi Zaxxon,
Greetings
Actually, I am creating a log in ID for AIX. I just want to make another login ID that has the same rights with the existing ID's. So we can log names of users who login. Example. The existing ID is ADM001. I want to make a login id ADMJOE. And I want them to have the same access, execution, commands rights.
I've tried making ADMJOE as similar to ADM001 using the smit user. But there are certain commands that ADMJOE cannot execute.
Please bear with me, this is just my first 1 month to handle Security Administration in AIX. Thank you for your responses. Hope you can help me...
HPL1706
it's possible to create "different" users with the same userid
just add 3 users for example
useradd test
useradd test1
useradd test2
set them to the same userid in /etc/passwd
test:*:207:1::/home/test:/usr/bin/ksh
test1:*:207:1::/home/test1:/usr/bin/ksh
test2:*:207:1::/home/test2:/usr/bin/ksh
thats it (in this example no home directories are created)
they can have different or the same home directories, und they have their own passwords in /etc/security/passwd, since the name and not the id is important for passwords
test:
password = nsm/mRaQTA5PU
lastupdate = 1225873934
test1:
password = phIupR.beuc0k
lastupdate = 1225873941
test2:
password = 8tTP0i.8T3Tss
lastupdate = 1225873947
and so you can put them in the same group in /etc/group
testgroup:!:207:test,test1,test2
but the better and more common way to handle this is with different user ids and same group permissions
sudo ist also a very good way as mentioned above