Beginner Needs help with Installing Aix 5.3

1 - login as root and type smitty users. You display all current users from there. Hit F6 or ESC+6 at an option to see the actual command/script if possible.
2 - read up here: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-install-aix.html
3 - safest way is to create 2 s.w. mirrors. hdisk0+hdisk1 (rootvg) hdisk2+hdisk3 (datavg)

Thanks dfke...Please my responced to your answers below:
1. I was able to view the script smitty is running to pull the usrs information. My question is how can I dump this information to a file???
2. N/A
3- I'm guess you mean to create two seperate mirrors correct.... Also how easy / hard is it to install Aix 5.3?? I never installed it before???
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1 -  to redirect the command to lets say /tempdir/user.list just add > /tempdir/users.list. A file /tempdir/users.list is created.
2/3 - it's pretty straight forward just read up the link I posted...

dfke, once agian thank you for your replies. Please bare with me again I'm not that great with UNIIX / AIX
1) What is the exact syntax that I would need to type in to get this to work.
2) I haven't had a chance to FULLY review the link in the documentation but does the documentaion include inforamtion on how to setup user account password policies (i.e: password length, age ..etc...)

Thank!!!!!!!!!!

In regarding to the user policy setting inset of doing this on a per user bases how can I make this a global setting

You have to setup auditing for that through /etc/security/audit/config and /etc/security/audit/events.
The users stanza defines audit classes (sets of events) for each user. The classes are defined to the operating system kernel.

The format is as follows:

users:
    UserName = auditclass, ... auditclass  

These specific audit events and audit classes are described here:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.security/doc/security/setting_up_auditing.htm

This means you can make default classes for new users. Add the audit class to the /usr/lib/security/mkuser.default file, so new users automatically have the right audit call associated.

user:
    auditclasses =
    pgrp =
    groups =
    shell = /usr/bin/ksh
    home = /home/$USER

I think I misread, but auditing is good to consider though. If you just want to change the default password settings like mentioned for all users then edit the default stanza in the /etc/security/user file:

default:
        admin = false
        login = true
        su = true
        daemon = true
        rlogin = true
        sugroups = ALL
        admgroups =
        ttys = ALL
        auth1 = SYSTEM
        auth2 = NONE
        tpath = nosak
        umask = 022
        expires = 0
        SYSTEM = "compat"
        logintimes =
        pwdwarntime = 0
        account_locked = false
        loginretries = 0
        histexpire = 0
        histsize = 0
        minage = 0
        maxage = 0
        maxexpired = -1
        minalpha = 0
        minother = 0
        minlen = 0
        mindiff = 0
        maxrepeats = 8
        dictionlist =
        pwdchecks =          

The policy rules apply when a user logs in and/or changes password.

Things aren't working out exactly as planned with the lsuser command..
It's running alread y buy the only things I need is to get a list of all user id and there matching 'user information' A.k.A display information from SMIT exported to a file....Any thoughts on how I can filter the lsuser command just to display this information for me in a readable fashion

What info do you mean by ''user information' A.k.A display information'? Can you give an example.

Hi Dfke:

Here is what I need:
Example
user id: test123   -> John Doe

I just need to export all user id and there associated display names and have it come up in two columnes in a sperad file>

Also STUPID question reagarding 'SMIT'
1) can 'SMIT' show ALL the groups a user is a member of?
2) CAn you use 'SMIT" to copy an existing user account for a new users account so the new account has the same group membership?
3) In "SMIT' how do you add users to groups?

Hi compdigit44,
it's me again.
Can I help you further with this one?
What is the status of your project?
wmp