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solaris 7 (latest version) after I create my user via editing the passwd file, and then try to run passwd to give the user an encrypted password, it tells me passwd(system): mperez does not exist. Permission denied. it may also be worth noting I couldn't create my users home directory either. Does the home directory need to be mounted to create a directory? because I umounted before and only til then could I create a directory under /home. Please advise.
editing /etc/passwd is not enough, you need to edit /etc/shadow too, or use a tool (see man usermod, useradd)
Why do you want to mount what is already mounted?
Why do you want to mount what is already mounted?
You could also use the X interface "admintool" it will ask you for all the necessary information. Just fill in and you will be on. By default ... the home directory on Solaris is /export/home/username
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The reason you can't mount or use /home is because of automountd. If you go to /home and perform an ls -al you'll notice that it looks similar to this:
dr-xr-xr-x 20 root root 512 Jan 2 14:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 1024 Jan 14 13:51 ..
This is because the automount daemon currently has control over the filesystem.
I sent this to you already but I don't see it here and I am a bit new to this so I thought, to be anal is to be sure....so I'm gonna repost it here.
I would go into /etc/init.d and perform the following:
/autofs stop
I would permanently keep this from starting up by renaming the startup script in /etc/rc3.d/S74autofs to /etc/rc3.d/autofs74s
ie: mv /etc/rc3.d/S74autofs /etc/rc3.d/autofs74s
Then you should be able to add to your home directory. As for adding your account I would not suggest adding yourself manually. Instead use admintool (which is the GUI tool.) Use the useradd command to add yourself via command line.
dr-xr-xr-x 20 root root 512 Jan 2 14:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 1024 Jan 14 13:51 ..
This is because the automount daemon currently has control over the filesystem.
I sent this to you already but I don't see it here and I am a bit new to this so I thought, to be anal is to be sure....so I'm gonna repost it here.
I would go into /etc/init.d and perform the following:
/autofs stop
I would permanently keep this from starting up by renaming the startup script in /etc/rc3.d/S74autofs to /etc/rc3.d/autofs74s
ie: mv /etc/rc3.d/S74autofs /etc/rc3.d/autofs74s
Then you should be able to add to your home directory. As for adding your account I would not suggest adding yourself manually. Instead use admintool (which is the GUI tool.) Use the useradd command to add yourself via command line.
erm...by the way...that is supposed to be a (dot slash) "."/autofs stop. It looks like I just put a /autofs...
It just didn't post correctly.
It just didn't post correctly.
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