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Yes, it's possible to progamatically add a users, and no, you can't do it without root privs. Either the main task must have root privs or the external commands that the task could call would have to have root privs.
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Yes, it's possible to progamatically add a users, and no, you can't do it without root privs. Either the main task must have root privs or the external commands that the task could call would have to have root privs.

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Suppose I have a Java application that would like to create a new user after a user id and passeord was entered in the screen. Could the Java application execute commands or a program that require root priveleges without the Java program running as root.<br />
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I would think that an average user application could not start up a program that requires root priveleges.<br />
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Suppose I have a Java application that would like to create a new user after a user id and passeord was entered in the screen. Could the Java application execute commands or a program that require root priveleges without the Java program running as root.

I would think that an average user application could not start up a program that requires root priveleges.



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I would like to know if it possible to add a user to a Unix system within a program that does not require root privelege. I would like to do this using Java if possible.
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I would like to know if it possible to add a user to a Unix system within a program that does not require root privelege. I would like to do this using Java if possible.

Possible to Create a User in a Program

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Today, it is a modern OS with many commercial flavors and licensees, including FreeBSD, Hewlett-Packard’s UX, IBM AIX and Apple Mac OS-X. Apart from its command-line interface, most UNIX variations support the standardized X Window System for GUIs, with the exception of the Mac OS, which uses a proprietary system.