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useradd

hi
id like to use the command "useradd" but when i type
useradd i get "usage" and the related options

could anyone supply an example of how to add the user "paul"
i guess that a home dir has to be specified and a passwd and maybe some other stuff but i dont know what...or how to do it for that matter

thanks
paul

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paulwhelan

ASKER

i typed "man useradd"
but there is no entry for it...
How can i get these man pages?

paulwhelan

ASKER

also when i add this user and login i get this upon logging in

No directory! Logging in with home=/
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.7 Generic October 1998

alextr

You must create the directory before or use switch -m.

Why don't you have man pages? Didi you install them when you installed SO?

paulwhelan

ASKER

where do i type in "switch -m"
in what dir? and as root or as the user?
How exactly do I go about installing the man
pages....I never got the option when installing
solaris 7 on the server
thanks
paul

alextr

use

useradd -d /home/paul -m -s /bin/csh paul

or execute
mkdir /home/paul
useradd -d /home/paul -s /nib/csh paul
chown paul /home/paul

for man page check if you have the path /usr/man in the MANPATH environment variable (to check execute
echo $MANPATH)
Otherwise in your .cshrc file insert

setenv MANPATH ${MANPATH}:/usr/man

paulwhelan

ASKER

doing
useradd -d /home/paul -m -s /bin/csh paul
gave me
UX: useradd: ERROR: Unable to create the home directory: Operation not applicable.

also
mkdir /home/paul
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/home/paul"; Operation not applicable

??

also .cshrc was worryingly empty
i inserted the line u recommended and rebooted....

paul

alextr

You must be root user!!!
Have you the /home directory existing? If no, please use the home directory for users choosen in your system (sometimes it can be /export/home, but the it is the SYSADM who decides it).

What .cshrc are you looking at? It must be the one related ot the user you are still logged in, just to execute 'man useradd'. If you are logged in as root insert in .cshrc of root the line I told you. If you are logged in as a different user insert in .cshrc of this user

paulwhelan

ASKER

i did all that as root

/.cshrc was empty until i inserted the line you told me, now it contains just that one line

........i successfully added a user into /export/home

paulwhelan

ASKER

also when i type in "whoami" when i login as "paul"
it says command not found.....

alextr

The problem is that in environment you don't have any configuration.

You may do this

cp /etc/skel/local.cshrc ~root/.cshrc
cp /etc/skel/local.login ~root/.login

Or copy them to amy user you want to set (e.g. paul)

So you have a minimal environment setting.
If you want you can add any path in .cshrc file for line 'path' as well as the following

/usr/sbin /usr/ccs/bin /etc /usr/openwin/bin /usr/local/bin)

and any other path you want to have.
Then type 'source .cshrc' to have the setting works.

paulwhelan

ASKER

doh!
edited the .cshrc file and then.....
#source .cshrc
source: not found

it just gets better and better eh?

thanks for the help

alextr

I see you have a very bad environment :-(
Anyway, logout and login again (it is a very bad trick, but it works around); it reload the .cshrc
What is your shell for your user?

paulwhelan

ASKER

im not sure....csh?
maybe...

alextr

echo $SHELL

paulwhelan

ASKER

#echo $SHELL
/bin/csh

alextr

I guess now it is all right, since you logged out and logged in. Is it the truth?
Anyway, if you want to get a good .cshrc for your user you may post your e-mail and I can provide it to you.

Now I think it's time for me to gain point ;-)
Do you agree?

paulwhelan

ASKER

sure do
boof1999@yahoo.com
thanks....